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Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
You seem to be quite the dandy. It's not really working for ya brother. You are trying too hard to sound smart. It is clear to see that you are a full body hair growing big feeted cave dwelling being.edit on 15-8-2012 by MightyPenfriend because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Trublbrwing
reply to post by gncnew
My top pet peeve is someone who says they have 10 (as in TEN, or one higher than nine) petty complaints and then lists ELEVEN.
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
If you were so smart, you wouldn't have some of the views you have.
But you sure are a smartass, I have to give you that.
T "Roll" on buddy.
Usually, I equate someone's intellect based upon their ability to reason and understand another persons point of view.
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
Usually, I equate someone's intellect based upon their ability to reason and understand another persons point of view.
At what point were you trying to understand another point of view when you sneakily crafted this post in order to call some specific conspiracy theories a logical phallacy?
Oh, I understand your point.
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by WickettheRabbit
The problem with user content board sites is always logical fallacies.
"I believe in aliens and anyone who doesn't is either an ill-informed sheeple or part of the shadow government!"
It's how it goes.
Separate the wheat from the chaff and pick your battles.
I find it much more pleasurable to point and laugh.. but - to each their own.
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.
The hypothesized phenomenon was tested in a series of experiments performed by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, both then of Cornell University.[2][5] Kruger and Dunning noted earlier studies suggesting that ignorance of standards of performance is behind a great deal of incompetence. This pattern was seen in studies of skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis.
Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will:
-Tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
-Fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
-Fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
-Recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they are exposed to training for that skill
You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by Debwe
You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Lol so true. It's like watching a trainwreck happen before your eyes.
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
Great, it started out somewhat reasonable but it ended in a propaganda piece, lol.
Well color me confused. Your ambiguous statement leaves much to imagination.
Or was that the point? To make an unsubstantiated and undefinable claim that shows you dot like my shoes?
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by gncnew
Sorry for what I'm sure will appear to biased against our liberal brothers and sisters, I promise it's not from a bad place.
How does this relate, at all, to someone being a "liberal" ?
Anyhoo... I do agree with some of your sentiments... but my friend, it actually sounds like you just don't want to here other peoples opinions. Which begs the question:
Why bother joining and using a site solely driving by user submitted opinion pieces?edit on 15-8-2012 by phishyblankwaters because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Debwe
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by WickettheRabbit
The problem with user content board sites is always logical fallacies.
"I believe in aliens and anyone who doesn't is either an ill-informed sheeple or part of the shadow government!"
It's how it goes.
Separate the wheat from the chaff and pick your battles.
I find it much more pleasurable to point and laugh.. but - to each their own.
I absolutely love reading postings from a troll who is of average intelligence but believes he/she is a brilliant genius. It's rare to find one as convinced as you. This thread is truly golden and made my day due to the abundance of replies from the OP. The replies show that the OP has the belief that he/she is highly intellectual...while the substance and lack of wit where there was meant to be shows the opposite. I love it! You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.
The hypothesized phenomenon was tested in a series of experiments performed by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, both then of Cornell University.[2][5] Kruger and Dunning noted earlier studies suggesting that ignorance of standards of performance is behind a great deal of incompetence. This pattern was seen in studies of skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis.
Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will:
-Tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
-Fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
-Fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
-Recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they are exposed to training for that skill
Wikiedit on 15-8-2012 by Debwe because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
If you were so smart, you wouldn't have some of the views you have.
But you sure are a smartass, I have to give you that.
T "Roll" on buddy.
Interesting.. I wasn't aware you could gauge ones intelligence based upon their opinions... I'll have to remember that. Can you do me a favor though? Tell me which opinions make you smart and which make you not-smart?
I'm assuming you have some list or somethig else you couldn't be so definitive about it.
Usually, I equate someone's intellect based upon their ability to reason and understand another persons point of view. I don't measure it by the level of agreement I have with their views.
Glad you do though! At least one of us is not a dummy!edit on 15-8-2012 by gncnew because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by unknownusername
The key word in the posting above is PROPOSED. Proposed is different than validated.
Originally posted by Debwe
I absolutely love reading postings from a troll who is of average intelligence but believes he/she is a brilliant genius. It's rare to find one as convinced as you. This thread is truly golden and made my day due to the abundance of replies from the OP. The replies show that the OP has the belief that he/she is highly intellectual...while the substance and lack of wit where there was meant to be shows the opposite. I love it! You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by Debwe
You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Lol so true. It's like watching a trainwreck happen before your eyes.
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by Debwe
You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Lol so true. It's like watching a trainwreck happen before your eyes.
Originally posted by Debwe
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by Debwe
You are a screaming example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Lol so true. It's like watching a trainwreck happen before your eyes.
Yeah!... lol, kind like watching you two feed of each others brilliance. You both are so mutually assured of your own "rightness" (I'm positive that's a word) that you now have built a great house of cards to sit in and point fingers at me....
Wait... I think that was one of my 10.
LOL! Exactly...I enjoy it though. It's like watching one of those formula family comedy films...things keep going wrong and it's frustrating to watch yet you can't stop watching.
Originally posted by CaptChaos
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
Great, it started out somewhat reasonable but it ended in a propaganda piece, lol.
Well color me confused. Your ambiguous statement leaves much to imagination.
Or was that the point? To make an unsubstantiated and undefinable claim that shows you dot like my shoes?
You absolutely started out making sense, pointing out fallacies. Then suddenly, 7 through 11 switched to anyone disagreeing with official propaganda is nuts. Only the insane would think there could be such thing as giant conspiracies like the Manhattan project.
Plus, you did not understand the Spinal Tap reference, proving you are either some kind of spambot, or not American, or if you are American you are less than twelve years old. Top ten list that goes to eleven? Duh?
Wait, maybe you just can't count.
Originally posted by unknownusername
Originally posted by gncnew
Originally posted by MightyPenfriend
reply to post by gncnew
If you were so smart, you wouldn't have some of the views you have.
But you sure are a smartass, I have to give you that.
T "Roll" on buddy.
Interesting.. I wasn't aware you could gauge ones intelligence based upon their opinions... I'll have to remember that. Can you do me a favor though? Tell me which opinions make you smart and which make you not-smart?
I'm assuming you have some list or somethig else you couldn't be so definitive about it.
Usually, I equate someone's intellect based upon their ability to reason and understand another persons point of view. I don't measure it by the level of agreement I have with their views.
Glad you do though! At least one of us is not a dummy!edit on 15-8-2012 by gncnew because: (no reason given)
People forget, I do it to, we all forget that the internet leaves a gap. If you come online and attempt to decipher someone's postings you/we have to take into account the PERSON. We are all unique individuals with ideas and thoughts that span --- well, they span If a person posts something and that person is not feeling well due to illness; it perhaps will show in the postings. When John Doe comes along and sees the posting he may or may not like it.
Let's say, for example, John Doe doesn't like a post and decides to "shoot one back". What John Doe does not know (this is an example) is that the person on the other end is an old man, worn out from raising his family, toiling every day, working hard, went through chemotherapy for cancer and can barely see. This is a fictitious person but we all must stop and realize there is a real live human being on the other end with feelings and thoughts and emotions. To me, that is the #1 biggest stumbling block for this site and other sites around the globe and cyberspace.