Comments on: The Stupid Are Cocksure http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/22/the-stupid-are-cocksure/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: h. monkey http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/22/the-stupid-are-cocksure/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 h. monkey Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:32:04 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1886#comment-2649 Reminds me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFQZFL0yoo" rel="nofollow">something I saw recently</a> on Youtube: <blockquote><p>We specialize in providing thick people for jobs they are particularly good at.</p><p>Arguments. Thick people are very good at winning arguments, beacuse they're too thick to realize they've lost.</p></blockquote> Reminds me of something I saw recently on Youtube:

We specialize in providing thick people for jobs they are particularly good at.

Arguments. Thick people are very good at winning arguments, beacuse they’re too thick to realize they’ve lost.

]]> By: Jacob T. Levy http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/22/the-stupid-are-cocksure/comment-page-1/#comment-2648 Jacob T. Levy Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:05:57 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1886#comment-2648 'The best lack all conviction, the worst are filled with passionate intensity.' I think that's meant to be morally best/worst, not intellectually or in terms of competence, but there's a relationship between the thoughts. ‘The best lack all conviction, the worst are filled with passionate intensity.’ I think that’s meant to be morally best/worst, not intellectually or in terms of competence, but there’s a relationship between the thoughts.

]]> By: Grant Gould http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/22/the-stupid-are-cocksure/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 Grant Gould Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:34:04 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1886#comment-2647 "...nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skillful..." It's rather an old story, I'm afraid. “…nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skillful…”

It’s rather an old story, I’m afraid.

]]> By: Other Ezra http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/06/22/the-stupid-are-cocksure/comment-page-1/#comment-2646 Other Ezra Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:09:29 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1886#comment-2646 Or maybe voters are just following Dunning and Kruger's rule #2. Or maybe voters are just following Dunning and Kruger’s rule #2.

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