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"Those who consider themselves bright openly mock others for being less so." Would like to see support for this claim.
by 11thEarlOfMar 8y ago
"Those who consider themselves bright openly mock others for being less so."
Would like to see support for this claim.
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoThe article also makes the claim that "[less brainy individuals are] less likely to be oblivious of their own biases and flaws." That is literally the Dunning-Kruger Effect [1] which is one psychological study which has been successfully replicated over and over and over. Well not literally. It actually found the exact opposite of what the article claims. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
- Ancalagon 8y agoAgreed. Although anecdotally I agree with the statement, I agree with the pretense that those who consider themselves bright but are actually not are in reality the most likely to mock others for being less so. I've never seen a college professor, or a doctor, or an astronaut (all kinds of people I imagine to be actually intelligent) openly mock anyone.