Daily Archives: June 21, 2010
And Now For Some Winsomely Winsome Music
Posted on June 21, 2010 9 Comments
Kat Edmonson, “Lucky”: Because it fits my mood right now, that’s why. Her site also has a fairly nifty cover of “Just Like Heaven,” incidentally.
The Self-Awareness of Incompetence (or Lack Thereof)
Posted on June 21, 2010 83 Comments
Long-time readers of Whatever will remember that a couple of years ago I made mention of the “Dunning-Kruger Syndrome,” in which an incompetent person is not aware of his or her own incompetence. Over at the New York Times, noted filmmaker Errol Morris has an interesting interview with David Dunning, the Cornell professor of psychology […]
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