--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > Holy Smokes! There's actually a name for why stupid people > > don't know they're stupid: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect," a > > cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from > > illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much > > higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive > > inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes. > > Finally! Something that explains TMers' curious > belief that they know everything about meditation > and spiritual practice while having restricted > themselves to the tiny portion of both taught > by Maharishi. >
After reading yet another of Barry's posts slamming TM'ers, and given his attachment to narcissistic self-aggrandizement at the expense of others, it occurs to me he would be an ideal candidate for a Dunning-Kruger follow-up study hypothesizing, "Why Intelligent People with NPD are *Willfully* Stooopid."
