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Whiskeytide

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

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Mon May 9, 2022, 10:42 AM

May 2022

… 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.

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Darwin summed it up succinctly: [View all] BSdetect May 2022 OP

Funny how that is actually true. 2naSalit May 2022 #1

Kind of goes with Dunning-Kruger effect. multigraincracker May 2022 #2

So that would be Sammy "D-K" Alito, right? Fitting indeed!!! XacerbatedDem May 2022 #4

Nah. Alito is a sadistic idealogue who wants to punish women speak easy May 2022 #11

And the internet has become a Dunning-Kruger amplifier... Wounded Bear May 2022 #5

And THAT is the real problem with our society. Al Gore wrote ... Whiskeytide May 2022 #10

Fits the thf to a tee. mobeau69 May 2022 #3

Darwin knew about the Dunning-Kruger Effect before they did. OMGWTF May 2022 #6

In which case, it should be called "The Darwin Effect." Martin68 May 2022 #13

defines "succinct" 👍 bringthePaine May 2022 #7

You should meet my neighbor. czarjak May 2022 #8

And how! calimary May 2022 #9

Sadly true Joinfortmill May 2022 #12

yes Skittles May 2022 #14