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Old 26-09-2014, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus View Post
I love these threads. If confirmation were ever needed of the Dunning-Kruger effect...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect

I's loves you all.
Ah...but does that mean that you are so ultra-competent that you can recognize incompetence in those who post in this thread?

As amateur science enthusiasts, it is consistent with the facts that we may all be incompetent to a greater or lesser degree, but does this mean that people who are not experts in a particular field of science should not discuss it at all?

I think that it is still possible to enjoy a discussion and to be intellectually stimulated by it, and to be stimulated to learn a lot more about the topic under discussion, even if all the participants are wrong about the topic to some extent.
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