On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:25:31 -0700 (PDT), Visual Purple
<DoreenDotan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Lessons From God, Allegories From the Field
>
>The only credentials I can offer, the only authorization I can claim
>for writing this is that I asked. I asked with a broken heart and a
>shattered mind. I was lost. I was afraid. One of my blood pressure
>readings showed a systolic pressure of 198. I was desperate. I cried
>real tears when I prayed to God for an answer and offered a plea to
>save this beautiful world. That is the only credential or
>authorization one can claim when one is so bold as to say: This is
>what God told me.
>
>The day after I cried and prayed until I collapsed from exhaustion,
>this is what God told me in response to my questions.
Er, perhaps you haven't heard, but, when you talk to God, you're devout.
When God talks to you, you're a paranoid schizophrenic suffering auditory
hallucinations.
<snip of loon.babble lagniappe>
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Welcome to reality. Enjoy your visit. Slow thinkers keep right.
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Why are so many not smart enough to know they're not smart enough?
http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf
© 1999 by the American Psychological Association
December 1999 Vol. 77, No. 6, 1121-1134
Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-*****sments
Justin Kruger and David Dunning
Department of Psychology
Cornell University
ABSTRACT:
....the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile
on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test
performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the
12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd.
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