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[Sheldon Rampton]

Stan Shebs wrote:

> But practically speaking, one of the problems I see is that idiots are
> not usually self-aware

There is actually scientific support for this observation, in the  
form of a study performed by psychologists Justin Kruger and David  
Dunning. Their paper is titled "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How  
Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated  
Self-Assessments":

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf

It states:

"Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make  
unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the  
metacognitive ability to realize it."

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