A Scientific Explanation for Forum Scrubs

IdleMind

IdleMind

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_kruger_effect

Special Credit to CC (emoprinny) for bringing this to my attention. This speaks to me on a level where I suddenly understand something I've observed (and done myself!) for years.

Choicest bits:

Dunning Kruger Effect said:
The hypothesized phenomenon was tested in a series of experiments performed by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, both then of Cornell University.[2][5] Kruger and Dunning noted earlier studies suggesting that ignorance of standards of performance is behind a great deal of incompetence. This pattern was seen in studies of skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis.
Kruger and Dunning proposed that, for a given skill, incompetent people will:
  1. tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
  2. fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
  3. fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
  4. recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they can be trained to substantially improve.
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To me this describes 99% of people who post in Tier list threads, balance wishlist threads, and just plain Global Colloseo online.
 
More beautiful words have never been spoken. A stroke of genious. I have copied and saved this cause i know this will come up in the near and distant future.
 
I first started becoming aware of this phenomenon when I noticed how every time the topic of IQ and IQ tests comes up anywhere, almost everyone (if not just plain everyone) who participates in the discussion claims to have an IQ of 150 or higher.
 
What do you call it when you're aware that you suck? >.>

EDIT: A possible answer.

Your name is "Wandrian."

EDIT 2: I'm not compliment fishing either. I *HATE* compliments. Every time I receive one it feels facetious. It's a great way to make me hate you if you'd like that >.>
 
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