This guy may not win any popularity contests, but he has some things to say about the popular search engine.
Iqnorance is Bliss
Researchers say being incompetent isn’t necessarily a bad thing because inept individuals don’t know they are, er, inept.
“Incompetent individuals were less able to recognize competence in others,” the researchers concluded.In a final experiment, Dr. Dunning and Dr. Kruger set out to discover if training would help modify the exaggerated self-perceptions of incapable subjects. In fact, a short training session in logical reasoning did improve the ability of low-scoring subjects to assess their performance realistically, they found.
The findings, the psychologists said, support Thomas Jefferson’s assertion that “he who knows best knows how little he knows.”
Typhoon
A powerful typhoon (hurricane) is battering Korea this weekend.
Eco-Tourists
I could never work for the Department of Natural Resources dealing with urban wussie tourists like this. What would this poor dear do if she ever toured an abattoir?
Hijacker
Yesterday I linked to a story about a Swedish citizen of Tunsian origin arrested for having a gun in his carry on luggage at the Stockholm airport. Here is what he was planning to do with it.
Link via Little Green Footballs
Old Grumpy Paws
Journalist Peter Maas links up to an interesting story of a BBC reporter who testified against Slobodan Milosevic at the Hague recently.
