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beelzebub<p>Chatkontrolle, Ausweispflicht &amp; Co. – die Regierungen denken wohl, wir sind alle zu doof für Umgehungslösungen oder haben einfach selbst keine Ahnung. 😅 In UK boomen VPN's wie nie – wer hätte das gedacht?<br>Wäre es nicht so tragisch, müsste man fast lachen 🫣 <br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/uberwachungswahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uberwachungswahn</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a></p>
C.<p>I think I will write a book about the current US administration - not just Trump, but his entire cabinet, the executive branch offices he controls and has populated with his lackeys and lickspittles, everything. And especially his bridge-troll Stephen Miller.</p><p>Why? Because they are just so damned incompetent at being evil, fascist goons. They're getting some fascism and evil done, but in comparison to the sheer amount of effort they're putting into it, the efficiency is terrible. They *think* they're geniuses and are performing magic, but they're actually bumbling along like a clown with one giant shoe trapped in a mop bucket and the other one stepping on a rake in the long grass.</p><p>Yes, this is a good thing.</p><p>I'm going to title it "47: The Smartest Guys in the Broom Closet".</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/dumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumb</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/goon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/clown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clown</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/idiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiot</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MangoMussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MangoMussolini</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ItEndsWithARope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItEndsWithARope</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bumblefuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bumblefuck</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/StepOnARake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StepOnARake</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BroomCloset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroomCloset</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SmartestGuysInTheRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartestGuysInTheRoom</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/incompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incompetent</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> #8647</p>
Thomas Svensson 🖖<p>Jag stötte på <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BullshitJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BullshitJobs</span></a> redan före pandemin. Sedan dess har det varit ett användbart mätverktyg om i praktiken nästan allt jag gör och upplever i vardagen, både privat och i jobbet.</p><p><a href="https://www.dn.se/kultur/kristofer-ahlstrom-har-du-ett-bullshit-jobb-har-ar-lindringen/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dn.se/kultur/kristofer-ahlstro</span><span class="invisible">m-har-du-ett-bullshit-jobb-har-ar-lindringen/</span></a></p><p>Likt <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> hjälper det mig förstå mer om ineffektivitet, hur upptagna många görs av fel och meningslösa saker.</p><p>Särskilt hjälper det förstå mer om ledarskap, hur där brister om att leda om rätt saker och till rätt mål och syften med verksamheten. </p><p>Utöver alla rena <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/skitjobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skitjobb</span></a> då!</p>
JKN<p>"Anything that's displayed on a screen must be in Microsoft Powerpoint format."</p><p>"Anything printed must be in Adobe PDF or Illustrator format."</p><p>Seems like I can't get past a single day without dealing with the righteous indignation of Malaysian <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/techilliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techilliteracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/brainrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brainrot</span></a></p>
JKN<p>Malaysian tech insanity:<br>- Nothing exists other than Adobe Illustrator<br>- Adobe CS costs expensive annual fees<br>- Everyone runs pirated software</p><p>This is how I'm constantly ridiculed, discriminated, and yes, lost jobs, for refusing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> </p><p>This is the country that now takes pride in being the dumping ground for the world's cheap data centers. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/techtyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techtyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/massdelusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massdelusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledgecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgecrisis</span></a></p>
Henk Prins<p>Nu op Mayonaise: Column – “De zelfverzekerde dwaling: Dunning-Kruger, complotdenken en het verlies van epistemische nederigheid” | Het Dunning-Kruger-effect is een psychologisch verschijnsel waarbij personen met weinig vaardigheid in een domein hun eigen prestaties overschatten | <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/wappies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wappies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/onwwaarheden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onwwaarheden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/epistemische" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epistemische</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/complotdenken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complotdenken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/column" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>column</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mayonai.se/column-de-zelfverzekerde-dwaling-dunning-kruger-complotdenken-en-het-verlies-van-epistemische-nederigheid/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mayonai.se/column-de-zelfverze</span><span class="invisible">kerde-dwaling-dunning-kruger-complotdenken-en-het-verlies-van-epistemische-nederigheid/</span></a></p>
JKN<p>"I've never heard of anything other than <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> therefore NO ONE is allowed to even talk about anything else!"<br>- most businesses in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/techilliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techilliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledgecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/techtyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techtyranny</span></a></p>
Thinking Munk<p>Asmongold is a pretty smart person BUT... 😬💀 | <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@destiny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>destiny</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asmongold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asmongold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corrupteddata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corrupteddata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destiny</span></a></p>
bk<p>Large language models (and some people) don’t know what they don’t know ( <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> ) …</p>
Enola Knezevic<p>"Unskilled and Unaware of It", now with LLM chatbots: </p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/billionaires-convi</span><span class="invisible">nce-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noAI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.socia</p><p>Although in the case of Sir <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a>, it's not just grandiosity combined with stupidity (and rage) but a whole lot of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cognitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognitive</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychopathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychopathology</span></a> issues.</p><p>Seeing a few references to the dynamic of the stupidest being most wedded to the stupid, having no "mindfulness" or thinking skills to be aware (or care).</p><p>FWIW, one of the best , very short &amp; sweet explanations of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> comes from John Cleese, in one minute flat:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/Sostupid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/Sostupid</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ted Johnson<p>From 2022</p><p>via xitter @ScholarSgt </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NoMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMandate</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntiMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HalfHeartedFanatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalfHeartedFanatic</span></a></p>
Mina<p>Have you ever heard of the <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> effect?</p><p>Generally, it is understood as</p><p>"a claim about general overconfidence of people with low intelligence" [wikipedia] </p><p>This actually isn't, what the original study said, but it is still what most people think, when they hear the term.</p><p>However, in my personal experience (anecdotal evidence) I find the most extreme levels of unfounded overconfidence about one's expertise concerning almost every aspect of life concentrated</p><p>1/2</p>
Rob Larter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/@vacapinta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vacapinta</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> <br>This is called the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a> effect.<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnin</span><span class="invisible">g%E2%80%93Kruger_effect</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Welcome to TACO Thursday</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-141-52925" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-bulletin-141-52925</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychopathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychopathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TACO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TACO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TacoThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TacoThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a></p>
Guy_VO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.re/@ochtendgrijs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ochtendgrijs</span></a></span> <br>Die wou eens de slimme uithangen en tonen dat hij weet dat er naast 'het gemiddelde' ook iets als 'de mediaan' bestaat.😄 <a href="https://mastodon-belgium.be/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a></p>
Stephan H. Wissel<p>Wer kennt noch den alten käsigen Schlager „das bißchen Haushalt ist doch gar nicht schwer - sagt mein Mann“ -&gt; <a href="https://youtu.be/tMnw6Bj222c?si=glzJwPJYp18oZ_3X" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/tMnw6Bj222c?si=glzJwP</span><span class="invisible">JYp18oZ_3X</span></a></p><p>Steckt die Melodie im Ohr, gut. </p><p>Neuer Refrain :</p><p>Das bißchen coding ist doch gar nicht schwer - sagt mein Chef</p><p>Contributions accepted </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a></p>
Boris Vulikh<p>An excellent article by Aviad Pines on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vibecoding</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dunningkruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dunningkruger</span></a> effect.</p><p>Coding on The Peak of Mount Stupid: When Vibe-Coding Meets Dunning-Kruger</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coding-peak-mount-stupid-when-vibe-coding-meets-aviad-pines-k2boc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/pulse/coding-peak</span><span class="invisible">-mount-stupid-when-vibe-coding-meets-aviad-pines-k2boc</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>A REMINDER of what the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> Effect is: when a person is SO sure they are right, every bit of evidence they are wrong only causes them to dig in their heels b/c they are CERTAIN that if we just keep going, they'll be proven right (see: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> is a hoax that'll go away with the heat.) 🤦‍♂️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooStupidToBePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooStupidToBePresident</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-historic-debacle-trump-sets-new-standard-for-poor-presidential-performance-americans-displeased-238684229542" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/</span><span class="invisible">-historic-debacle-trump-sets-new-standard-for-poor-presidential-performance-americans-displeased-238684229542</span></a></p>
Bufale.net :verified:<p>Torna la teoria del <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/complotto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complotto</span></a> del "<a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Papa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Papa</span></a> non Eletto", che tracima nel <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Conclave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conclave</span></a> non eletto. Frutto del <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a> estremo di chi Catechismo e Diritto canonico li ha visti solo in cartolina...</p><p><a href="https://www.bufale.net/dal-papa-non-eletto-al-conclave-non-eletto-leterna-bufala/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bufale.net/dal-papa-non-eletto</span><span class="invisible">-al-conclave-non-eletto-leterna-bufala/</span></a></p>