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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

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The science behind why people think they're right when they're so, so wrong (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

It also seems to be related to Dunning-Kruger, in that people are very bad at recognizing their own gaps in knowledge.

[–] francisfordpoopola 2 points 3 hours ago

Hell yeah... I'm completely right when arguing with my wife until I'm not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

How is this new? The idea of WYSIATI was well described by Kahneman and others well over a decade ago and seems to cover this.