Comments on: Unskilled and Unaware of It

By: joelsantinho

joelsantinho — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:31:21 +0000

incompetents in one area, can and probably are competent in other areas. The promoted “ignorants” are good at deceiving, for example

By: Steel Trap Mind

Steel Trap Mind — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:31:03 +0000

I have an above average number of legs.

And arms, eyes, ears…

By: twentydollarbill

twentydollarbill — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:29:15 +0000

I am unskilled, incompetent, and very self aware of it. In most tasks, I perform way below average, and constantly struggle to hold a steady job — my entire life. I’m 26 years old. What I’m about tell you, is a long held secret conspiracy — ‘stupid people’ share in common.

Once upon a time, I had the ego.. confidence and determination, to never admit I was wrong. To lie about my skills. We… the incompetent people, fhave always ully realized our shortcomings, we simply don’t want to admit it.

* People who are viewed incompetent, often make less money, have worse spouses, get teased a lot, and even get taken advantage of. Do you really want to be in this category? We sure the hell don’t. But some of us are born ‘dumb’.

We clearly recognize shortcomings of others too. I’m often drawn to intelligent people, and prefer to be around them. I enjoy learning and trying to figure out topics, that are clearly over my head However, it is true that many ignorant people, do infact, prefer the company, of other ignorant individuals. Simply because a disguise isn’t necessary around our own kind.

Let us pretend we’re ‘above average’, damn it. Because before I read the comments, I thought median and average had the same defintion.

By: TexanREDNeck

TexanREDNeck — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:01:26 +0000

Yerah I saw theys plenty of dumber people out there. I don’t kno why ya’ll gotta use such bigole word.s

By: AlienOverlord

AlienOverlord — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:04 +0000

You humans make me laugh. Intelligence? On Earth? Bwahahahaha.

By: Mr Studworthy

Mr Studworthy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:49:08 +0000

[quote]CrowdKiller said: “I know this is very long after the article was written, but I just thought I’d ask: How do you reason the above quote?. As I see it the more you learn the more you know, because each new experience gives knowledge, thereby making sure that you indeed know more.

Old ‘Biker’ once said ” The more you know the more you realise that the people who don’t know, don’t know” LOL

By: Mr Studworthy

Mr Studworthy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:45:09 +0000

[quote]Marius said: I will grant that the data in this study are somewhat fuzzy, but overall I have to agree with the Harvey Danger song, ‘Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding…’ (of course, I too may just be a dumbass and not know it) ;-)”[/quote]
Read the DI article “Eugenics” – http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=962 , your in good company

By: ValiantDefender

ValiantDefender — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:46:40 +0000

p.s. I blame allen for all of the lack of productivity at work!

By: ValiantDefender

ValiantDefender — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:46:12 +0000

I love this site. Every articel damn interesting..and then the comments are usually so damn interesting…I’d say we’re all well above average here :D

I recall taking an aptitude test when I was 21 at the Johnoson O’Connor lab. After taking the test for memory for design I remember feeling like I had fallen far short of their expectations and telling the test administrator as much. She laughed and told me that I scored far above average and that it is strange how often the above average feel that they have done poorly. She explained that it is likely due to their superior understanding of the problem.

Of the 16 aptitudes tested, I scored far above average on 12. The “average” person scored above average on 3-5 tests. I have always suffered from an inferiority complex and perhaps now understand why *shrug* On the tests where I was not above average, I was Abysmally low. This leads me to believe that all people have a unique set of traits/talents/aptitudes. While someone may be inept at the computer, they might be a master manipulator or incredible musician.

Last comment. If our potential was the top of average, we would all be functioning somewhere far below average….just a thought, but I believe humanity is capable of far better than what we do…and usually due to selfishness.

By: Wuzzle

Wuzzle — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:45:37 +0000

Going back to the “Is it possible for the majority to be above average?”. I think that really depends on what skill or atribute we are discussing. If regarding intelligence, it’s pretty much not. For example ” A simple example would be to take ten numbers, nine of them are 9 and one of them is 1. The average would be ((9*9) + (1*1))/10 = 8.2 In this case the bulk of the numbers are above the average.” There’s no way that for every nine people of the intelligence of “9″ there’s going to be someone with an intel. of 1! What, is that person going to have 1/9 of the intelligence?! That doesn’t even consider people with an intelligence of above average. Ok, I’m done ranting. Sorry for any/all spelin’ skrewups.