—) I think it was a pope — Pope Alexander or somebody? — who wrote,
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.”
I got it off BrainyQuotes on-line that had a lot of other smart-sounding junk. Don’t know … seems kind of “woke,” to me. He’d better not try teaching school in Florida! (—
I am happy to say that I am able to quickly recover from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I assumed that having moved adroitly from one part of the automotive fuel system to another over my 35 years in the industry meant that I could quickly learn a new technology. I think my Dunning-Kruger over-confidence lasted about one week into my job engineering contact lenses.
If you cannot understand you cannot understand that you can’t. Some believe they know more than they really know. The more knowledgeable can understand they don’t know it all.
Qiset over 1 year ago
Hmmm, I had a math teacher with the last name of Kruger. I wonder.
Ida No over 1 year ago
Named after Wan N. Dunning and Freddy Kruger.
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
—) I think it was a pope — Pope Alexander or somebody? — who wrote,
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.”
I got it off BrainyQuotes on-line that had a lot of other smart-sounding junk. Don’t know … seems kind of “woke,” to me. He’d better not try teaching school in Florida! (—
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 1 year ago
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is self-sustaining, like the Roman Arch, which is actually Etruscan.
P51Strega over 1 year ago
I am happy to say that I am able to quickly recover from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I assumed that having moved adroitly from one part of the automotive fuel system to another over my 35 years in the industry meant that I could quickly learn a new technology. I think my Dunning-Kruger over-confidence lasted about one week into my job engineering contact lenses.
Buoy over 1 year ago
That’s the great thing about accusations, even idiots can get in on the fun.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
If you cannot understand you cannot understand that you can’t. Some believe they know more than they really know. The more knowledgeable can understand they don’t know it all.