This is a controversial video - you've been warned.
Narrated by the inimitable Stephen Fry, this video by Pindex touches upon a lot of issues. Starting with the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Only a skilled person can accurately gauge their skill level, while an unskilled person suffers from illusory superiority. In other words, the lack of knowledge and experience also leads to an inability to know how knowledgeable you really are.
Also discussed are salience bias - where the most negative events stick in our perception; and the mere exposure effect - where people believe an idea is accurate merely because they are familiar with it.
It also reminds us about how our world is getting better all the time - one of my favourite topics I have covered in multiple posts previously.
Of course, it ties it all into the phenomenon that is Donald Trump.
It's a pretty riveting video, though one that will be both loved and hated.
Great quote.
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Propaganda.
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While I agree with the overarching analysis, I must pick at the presumption that certain matters are withing the sphere of governmental authority even if I put on my minarchist dunce cap.
Also, the writer (and perhaps narrator) demonstrates his own cognitive bias in citing dubious claims and making appeals to authority.
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Peripherally related, and connected to the Dunning-Kruger Effect is my long term speculation that we will never (or "very rarely") have truly great and qualified politicians, because those who could truly change the world for the better go nowhere near the appropriate offices... so we end up with this group of buffoons who think they are awesome and yet do little to contribute to the actual betterment of the human condition....
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Important phenomenons to discuss. I'll check the video later.
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