THE RESULTS

You know you've been waiting for this :o)

The more incompetent someone is in a particular area, the less qualified that person is to assess anyone's skill in that space, including their own. When one fails to recognize that he or she has performed poorly, the individual is left assuming that they have performed well. As a result, the incompetent will tend to grossly overestimate their skills and abilities. A few years ago, two men from the Department of Psychology at Cornell University made an effort to determine just how profoundly one misoverestimates one's own skills in relation to one's actual abilities. They made four predictions, and executed four studies.

1. Incompetent individuals, compared with their more competent peers, will dramatically overestimate their ability and performance relative to objective criteria.
2. Incompetent individuals will suffer from deficient metacognitive skills, in that they will be less able than their more competent peers to recognize competence when they see it-be it their own or anyone else's.
3. Incompetent individuals will be less able than their more competent peers to gain insight into their true level of performance by means of social comparison information. In particular, because of their difficulty recognizing competence in others, incompetent individuals will be unable to use information about the choices and performances of others to form more accurate impressions of their own ability.
4. The incompetent can gain insight about their shortcomings, but this comes (paradoxically) by making them more competent, thus providing them the metacognitive skills necessary to be able to realize that they have performed poorly

Now are ya'll getting the picture of why and what the experiment was, no huh, let me explain further.

In each study, the men tested participants in areas where knowledge, wisdom, or savvy was crucial, specifically humor, logical reasoning, and English grammar. The participants were then asked to guess at the accuracy of their own performance so their self-assessment could be compared to the actual results.

In short, the study showed that the researchers' predictions were spot-on(sort of like the research done here at the rattler). Participants scoring in the bottom quartile grossly overestimated their test performance and ability, and analysis confirmed that this miscalibration was due to deficits in metacognitive skill (the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error). Those who were incompetent tended to suspect that their abilities were unequal to the tasks, but the suspicion often failed to anticipate the magnitude of their shortcomings. As predicted, training the participants on the subjects in question increased their metacognitive competence, and allowed them to better recognize the limitations of their abilities.

Also interestingly, the top performers tended to underestimate their own performance compared to their peers. The researchers found that those participants fell prey to the false-consensus effect, a phenomenon where one assumes that one's peers are performing at least as well as oneself when given no evidence to the contrary.

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote that "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." This is true whether one interprets "stupid" as foolish (short on smarts) or as ignorant (short on information). Deliberately or otherwise, his sentiment echoes that of Charles Darwin, who over one hundred years ago pointed out that "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."

The Internet is a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of such misplaced confidence. Online, individuals often speak with confident authority on a subject, yet their conclusions are flawed. It is likely that such individuals are completely ignorant of their ignorance. Cough.

The research just done here at The Rattler backs up the idea that when a person cannot recognize his or her own poor performance, their self-assessment does not include that negative information. This results in an artificially inflated view of one's own skills, often tempered by ego.

Obviously not all confidence is misplaced; sometimes it is the result of strong skills and accurate self-assessment. But it seems that much of the time, confidence is the over-inflated result of some degree of ignorance. As is the case with many human flaws, perhaps the best remedy is to never stop learning, to seek out and absorb constructive criticism, and to always be prepared to admit that you may be wrong about something.

Now the research was to see how fast most of the anonyMOUSES would condemn me for the Mothers warming up thread, the very same ones that have gone out of their way to be nasty at every turn. Also as studies done by the Department of Psychology at Cornell University have proven those with incompetent actions will not notice them in others that act and/or think as themselves (do I really need to explain this further?).

Now I know anonyMOUSES are going to say nothing is proven so I figured what the hell I would even give ya'll examples of these actions. See anonyMOUSES you all fell into a trap that was loosely made. I bet even when I post this ya'll still won't get it. LOL

The anonyMOUSES travel in packs and say the same things, different words might be used, but the meanings are the same. AnonyMOUSES attack with no reason or prodding, yet act outraged when someone else outside their pack does same thing the AnonyMOUSE suddenly become the moral judges of the world. As the study Cornell University has proven, the more incompetent someone is in a particular area, the less qualified that person is to assess anyone's skill in that space, including their own. I guess there is some truth in that saying Birds of a Flock...

I want to know when anonyMOUSES had such a change of heart, when did the AnonyMOUSES get a heart? I mean I have seen many, many posting that were completely political in nature and what did the AnonyMOUSES do? Did they debate the issue, bring more info to the blog, NO they attacked and then attacked some more. Another Anonymous is perfect example, in one of Vox's postings (no personal attack at all in her post) another Anonymous first comment was a personal attack, now she want to whine. ROFLMAO!!!



Studies presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, for example, produced evidence that emotions and implicit assumptions often influence why people choose their political affiliations, and that partisans stubbornly discount any information that challenges their preexisting beliefs, fact simply don't come into play.

Emory University psychologist Drew Westen put self-identified Democratic and Republican partisans in brain scanners and asked them to evaluate negative information about various candidates. Both groups were quick to spot inconsistency and hypocrisy -- but only in candidates they opposed. When presented with negative information about the candidates they liked, partisans of all stripes found ways to discount it, Westen said. When the unpalatable information was rejected, furthermore, the brain scans showed that volunteers gave themselves feel-good pats -- the scans showed that "reward centers" in volunteers' brains were activated. The psychologist observed that the way these subjects dealt with unwelcome information had curious parallels with drug addiction as addicts also reward themselves for wrong-headed behavior.

Another study presented at the conference, which was in Palm Springs, Calif., explored relationships between racial bias and political affiliation by analyzing self-reported beliefs, voting patterns and the results of psychological tests that measure implicit attitudes -- subtle stereotypes people hold about various groups.

That study found that supporters of President Bush and other conservatives had stronger self-admitted and implicit biases against blacks than liberals did.

Now there is more to the experiment, also been proven that those that feel the need to hide and attack are not usually that wise or happy. It seems according to a study done at Princeton, those that spin nothing into something are only letting their true feelings come out. Hmmm how to explain this better to some of the less educated, another words if you take say Mothers warming Up and turn it into somehow that means I will be attacking children, mentally challenged, handicap, and troops, really what one is seeing is that anoyMOUSE; the one saying such horrid things, is expressing what they would like to do under similar situation (yes, I'm having a wonderful time lol). Kind of someone allow others a peek into their dark side. Now don't go attacking me I'm only sharing what the true experts have said. Now following is examples of uncalled, unprovoked attacks of the same anonyMOUSES having such a moral issue over my thread of Mothers (I mean I understand that Mothers is just the pillar of morality, someone that lies about anything and everything, someone that brags her one daughter is a porno star and someone that has some real conflicts with reality, oh wait she is just like the anonyMOUSES). The following comments all came from threads that were completely political in nature until the AnonyMOUSES commented. No I'm ready for that too I have listed the threads these comments were taken from, hell I will even link to them.

BUSH FLIES SOLO WHILE BOXER TAKES AIM by Isa
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Jay-156: said...

Zombie,

You dumb mother fucker

Anonymous said...
I can't BELIEVE these angry leftyz. "I'm so mad!!! I hate you!!! I hate you!!! I hate you!!! It's always Marsha Marsha Marsha!!!"

Anonymous said..
Anything Isabellah has to say has no merit in my mind because shes a filthy woman who gets her jollies from online relationships with men who are probably just as married as she is.

Anonymous said...
You bastards need to just fuck off and accept George Bush as your personal lord and saviour. Once you accept this, take to his philosophies and leadership, the USA will be a much better place!
Building a Safer World One Christian At A Time! That is the motto of Lord Bush!

YES, FORD AGAIN by Facetious Muse
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Anonymous said...
I feel sorry for Facetious Muse. To have the attitude she does and not commit suicide is really amazing. She is not a facetious pain in the ass... shes a sick pathetic idividual. She seems to hate anything and everything. What a sad person she is. Every day she wakes up pissed off because she hates the world around her. I cannot think of any reason why she should not go through with it.

Anonymous said...
the Rattler again where their idiot contributors attempt their hands (and have opposable thumbs on all FOUR hands...) You REALLY need to add Frisson to the contributors list. Your roster of imbeciles just isn't complete without her - how long must she stand with her snotty nose pressed against the glass begging for a crumb of attention?

Anonymous said...

LMAO you know isa would never allow frisson to post on here. She's sniffing her ass already because she has to keep an eye on JC or else he might stray.

Jay156 said...

Couldn't be Isabellah....She pm'd me the other day and told me that I had her all wrong...She never says bad things about people and that she just wants to be friends....Isa, the vile stench that comes from your two-sided mouth is matched only by that putrid wretch hole you call a pussy...I hope you and the retarded boy wonder you call Claus never get beyond the cybersex portion of your relationship...The world definitely doesnt need the spawn of the likes of you two.

WINGNUTTERY 101 by JC
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Anonymous said...

Creep I'll insult you all I want and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. BOY


jay156said...
Well, anonymous...bend over

If it tickles, I'm a fag...However, if it feels like a size 12, then I guess it's back to the drawing board.

THE CRACKS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW! by Zombiemaster
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Anonymous said...

Actually, I think that yes, the cracks are beginning to show - in creepy I also feel that if ever there was a coward, this person VA Creeper IS one.

Anonymous said...
.Do you actually think we GIVE A FUCK? Your stupdier than vagina then!

"THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS GRAVE AND DETERIORATING" by Vacreeper
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Anonymous said...

Creepy is scaredddddddddddddd.

Anonymous said...
I will push what ever the fuck I feel like. What are you going to do, whip me with a pixel? Maybe slap me with a typo???? Waste some ink on me???? You friggin turd for brains...I just dropped you right down equal with Cuntabella....OH, speaking of the slut...maybe you should take her advice...

These are just a few threads and I didn't even repost the really nasty ones, all of the threads I used as example here were political threads, not one of them were bashing till the anonyMOUSES comment on them.Where was the anonyMOUSES moral outrage then? Yet they were quick to come after my last thread without even knowing the reasons why.



Now why did I do this is simple, all the studies say those that suffer from social Incompetent will be less able than their more competent peers to gain insight into their true level of performance by means of social comparison information. Which means that just trying to explain their social short comings will not work, one must lower to the incompetent ones level to help them see they are in fact socially incompetent. See I truly do believe in helping others and I figured that no matter how nasty or rude even the AnonyMOUSES deserve a chance to see the error of their ways, if it does succeed with just one AnonyMOUSE then the world is a little bit better place for all. Do I really think it will work, of course not, but I still had to try. Don't you get anonyMOUSES, you are the ones that are failing the troops and your country, not me.

You, AnonyMOUSES, are the ones that are incompetent, unable to see your short comings. You are the ones that fear to think on your own, or why would you stand quietly by as others around you are harmed, attacked, raped, and killed. And each and everyone of you AnonyMOUSES are guilty of that, I was more amazed by the few posters that said they thought more of me than the posting I did about Mothers, hmmm why was it ya'll stayed quite when I was attacked by the AnonyMOUSES? Are you starting to see now, I doubt it. I really was trying to help all of you AnonyMOUSES by showing you how you look and sound everyday. Again what I don't get is did one of you AnonyMOUSE stop and ask yourself, why? No that would have meant that you would have had to leave your safe little group of AnonyMOUSES and think for yourself, something that scares the hell out of you. Now I have showed the study and its results, what you do with it is up to you, I would suggest that you take this time to look into a mirror and try to see that posting as an AnonyMOUSE does NOT help you overcome your incompetence. In fact it only serves to help you delude yourself more and therefore harming your mental state of mind and with some of the comments I have seen on The Rattler, some of ya'll don't have much mental stability to risk losing more, speaking from a clinical viewpoint of course..

Now please continue with your little morality kick for however long it lasts lol.

I feel I must put a disclaimer in case some cannot or will not this posting completely. In my reference to anonyMOUSES, I meant most not all, as this statement in the posting should show, "Obviously not all confidence is misplaced; sometimes it is the result of strong skills and accurate self-assessment". But, you know how some just live to spin :o)