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Re:Humans prefer cockiness to expertise by tokenadult on Friday June 12, 2009 @11:45AM (#654815)
Humans don't prefer cockiness to expertise, they just have a hard time differentiating between the two.

If human beings can't recognize nuanced, tentative conclusions as a sign of expertise, they definitely have a problem.

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Re:Humans prefer cockiness to expertise by falsestprophet on Friday June 12, 2009 @12:33PM (#654910)
If human beings can't recognize nuanced, tentative conclusions as a sign of expertise, they definitely have a problem.

Well, I can recognize this statement as an unsubstituted, cocky declaration rather than a nuanced, tentative conclusion.

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Re:Humans prefer cockiness to expertise by lallysingh on Friday June 12, 2009 @01:09PM (#654989)
Small adjustment: Humans definitely have a problem because they can't recognize nuanced, tentative conclusions as a sign of expertise.
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Re:Humans prefer cockiness to expertise by kragen on Friday June 12, 2009 @03:34PM (#655283)
Tentative conclusions can be a sign of lack of information, too. Nuanced conclusions can equally well be a sign of spending a lot of time explaining the conclusion as of expertise.
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