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"Let’s say a politician comes up with an ingenious plan that would ensure universal health care while decreasing health care costs. According to Dunning-Kruger
by paulhauggis 15y ago
"Let’s say a politician comes up with an ingenious plan that would ensure universal health care while decreasing health care costs.
According to Dunning-Kruger, no matter how much information is provided, the unsophisticated would 1) be incapable of recognizing the wisdom of such a plan; 2) assume they know better; and 3) have no idea of the extent of their inadequacy."
Jesus..biased much? I stopped reading here.
- cheald 15y agoOn the flip side, you could argue that if we do actually democratically(-ish) elect representatives, Dunning-Kruger would indicate that our currently-elected leaders are the product of a stupid voting base, and therefore can be assumed to not be the hypothetical "politician with genius healthcare" presented in the article, since the population is too dumb to elect the right guy in the first place. (I track with you, though; the article seems to be a thinly-veiled jab at "those stupid rednecks who can't see the genius of Obama's healthcare proposals", and is rather offputting for what is allegedly scientific reporting.) Since we're talking about gimmick phrasing already, let's just remember that half of all voters are of below-average intelligence. :D