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> ... the claim, then, is that the smarter you are, the more false assumptions you hold ... I disagree, the claim wasn't that smart people are wrong more often
by MRSallee 12y ago
> ... the claim, then, is that the smarter you are, the more false assumptions you hold ...
I disagree, the claim wasn't that smart people are wrong more often. But that smart people, even when they are wrong, are too good at rationalizing their wrongness to ever realize they were wrong in the first place.
- thret 12y agoUnskilled people fall into the same trap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
- kamaal 12y agoAt times this can send you down the wrong road while you are convinced you are correct. You will go too far to realize this, and generally you can't undo a lot of things later.
- eikenberry 12y agoNot recognizing you are wrong and heading down the wrong path is a sign of a lack of experience. Experience is what teaches you how to recognize 'wrongness' whether the reason for not recognizing it is rationalization or obtuseness doesn't matter. And a smart person would learn the lessons of this faster and thus suffer from it less in the long run.