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PJMcK

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3. You're exactly right, Cha

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:50 AM

Jan 2017

The beauty of proper scientific polling is its accuracy. A representative sample of 1200 people is analogous to 120 million people voting. In other words, half of our nation is stupid.

It absolutely eludes me how anyone could vote for Donald Trump. I can understand how someone could vote for a Republican but Mr. Trump?! It requires a cognitive disconnect to think anything positive about the man.

Of course, the problem with stupid people is that they don't know they're stupid. That's what the Washington Post article shows me. It's real-life proof of the Dunning–Kruger effect.

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This is what Trump voters said when asked to compare his inauguration crowd with Obama's [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Good ol' cognitive dissonance. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

They're just like him.. stupid as a sack of shit Cha Jan 2017 #2

You're exactly right, Cha PJMcK Jan 2017 #3

Smart people are filled with doubt IronLionZion Jan 2017 #6

terrifying. mopinko Jan 2017 #4

RW Authoritiarians & Followers way more likely to seek confirmation. Scientists seek contradiction Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #5

There are four lights. MrScorpio Jan 2017 #7

So do they really believe what they say Mariana Jan 2017 #8

i think it's a way of establishing membership in their preferred group. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #10

but i'm sure they all agreed they don't like black people JI7 Jan 2017 #11

That is the one thing they never said. Mariana Jan 2017 #14

I'm not so sure NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #13

hey, we create our own reality! they live in a world where a lie repeated 3 times becomes truth. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #9

The man was prescient Friend or Foe Jan 2017 #12