GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived.
Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot.
The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry. [Reply]
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to recognize their mistakes.[1] The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority. Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. As Kruger and Dunning conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others" (p. 1127).[2]
The effect is about paradoxical defects in cognitive ability, in oneself and others
Originally Posted by fan4ever:
Damn, that's spot on.
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to recognize their mistakes.[1] The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority. Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. As Kruger and Dunning conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others" (p. 1127).[2]
The effect is about paradoxical defects in cognitive ability, in oneself and others
Only thing missing was Frankie's picture.
Yeah. We non-psych people call it not admitting you're wrong and fighting until you look really stoopid. The harder they fight the dumber they look. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Stewie:
Yeah. We non-psych people call it not admitting you're wrong and fighting until you look really stoopid. The harder they fight the dumber they look.
I think Frankie actually believes what he says. He so deep in denial and his own preconceptions about things, there's no way out. Arguing with him is impossible. You can point out to him that the thing he thought to be black is actually white in reality and he will tell you that he's intellectually superior (after he says your original argument was that all things are white). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
JUST HOW SAFE ARE THOSE PLANES WE RIDE [sic] IN EVERY DAY? :-)
/Frankie just saw a picture of an airplane torn in half without reading the article.
It doesn't just tear in half, it "breakes in two".
My guess is that the pilot didn't hit the breakes in time. He might have been over-worked. He should take a little breake from flying for a while. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gonzo:
Why do you people even bother? Frankie is Frankie. You all will continue to berate, belittle and begrudge him but you will never, NEVER get your point across to him once he's made up his mind.
He is what he is. It's his point of view at all times and no one will ever be able to convince him otherwise.
He could at this very moment, start a thread that says the world will end tomorrow. Then on Thursday, when we're all still here, he'll explain to us that he meant the beginning of the end started the day before because a used car salesman died in Tuscon and he was a direct decendent of Jesus or some shit...
He's like a psychotic 7th day adventist with falafel breath.
If you think his falafel breath is bad, try smelling his left hand. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod: :-) Posted via Mobile Device
Typos are counted as stupidity? Do you realize how fast and furious I have to type to keep up with the resident ass-hurt shit throwing monkeys (see below)?
