Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Are You Too Stupid to Realize You're Stupid? (NY Times)

Or the official title: The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1)
As Dunning read through the article, a thought washed over him, an epiphany. If Wheeler was too stupid to be a bank robber, perhaps he was also too stupid to know that he was too stupid to be a bank robber — that is, his stupidity protected him from an awareness of his own stupidity.
THIS ONE IS A MUST READ! Absolutely fascinating.
(And just between you and me and the lamp post - it explains a LOT about this town.)
Read the full post here.

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