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The likeliest explanation for left wing moronity

 
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fortdixlover
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:21 pm    Post subject: The likeliest explanation for left wing moronity Reply with quote

One often wonders how those in the Left can be so basically asinine in their decisionmaking.

It's to the point where leftists won't come out of the rain...even if the rain is nuclear fallout...they've become that dumbed-down.

Kerry and Edwards are the embodiment of this stupidity in a time of war against Islamofascism that has caused death and destruction in countries wide and far apart.

Al-Qaeda has autonomous underground cells in some 100 countries, including the United States, officials say. Law enforcement has broken up al-Qaeda cells in the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Albania, Uganda, and elsewhere.

What is the likely answer to this overwhelming stupidity?

Could it be THIS?

http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html

Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments

Abstract
People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, 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. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in metacognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.
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