Darwin summed it up succinctly:

[BSdetect]

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge:

[2naSalit]

1. Funny how that is actually true.

Not funny "haha" kind of funny.

[multigraincracker]

2. Kind of goes with Dunning-Kruger effect.

Dunning-Kruger effect - Wikipedia

The Dunning-Kruger effect is defined as the tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability. This is often understood as a cognitive bias, i.e. as a systematic tendency to engage in erroneous forms of thinking and judging. Biases are systematic in the sense that they occur consistently ...

[XacerbatedDem]

4. So that would be Sammy "D-K" Alito, right? Fitting indeed!!!

[speak easy]

11. Nah. Alito is a sadistic idealogue who wants to punish women

'for their sins'.

[Wounded Bear]

5. And the internet has become a Dunning-Kruger amplifier...

[Whiskeytide]

10. And THAT is the real problem with our society. Al Gore wrote ...

… a great book 15 years ago called “The Assault on Reason”. Even while warning about the potential pitfalls of the decline of reason, he was so naively optimistic about how the internet would unfold.

We are genuinely surrounded by idiots who both vote and run for office on the platforms of their idiocies.

[mobeau69]

3. Fits the thf to a tee.

[OMGWTF]

6. Darwin knew about the Dunning-Kruger Effect before they did.

[Martin68]

13. In which case, it should be called "The Darwin Effect."

But I imagine even the Bible provides examples of the same. And Shakespeare.

[bringthePaine]

7. defines "succinct" 👍

[czarjak]

8. You should meet my neighbor.

[calimary]

9. And how!

[Joinfortmill]

12. Sadly true

[Skittles]

14. yes

and it is much easier to campaign on ignorance and fear that to campaign based on hope and progress