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		<title>The Dunning–Kruger Effect aka Confirmation Bias on Steriods aka Creationists aka People Who Watch Fox News</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred &#38; Distrust of Science post I mentioned confirmation bias &#8211; a person&#8217;s tendency to recognize evidence that supports their position, while ignoring and/or downplaying that which opposes their position. According to the Dunning–Kruger effect, some poor unfortunates suffer from something far more severe. Apparently, they are dumb + [...]]]></description>
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<p>In my <a title="Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred &amp; Distrust of Science?" rel="bookmark" href="../does-religious-faith-instill-hatred-distrust-of-science/2009/11/">Does Religious Faith Instill Hatred &amp; Distrust of Science</a> post I mentioned confirmation bias &#8211; a person&#8217;s tendency to recognize evidence that supports their position, while ignoring and/or downplaying that which opposes their position.</p>
<p>According to the <a title="Dunning-Kruger effect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect">Dunning–Kruger effect</a>, some poor unfortunates suffer from something far more severe.</p>
<p>Apparently, they are dumb + they are prone to confirmation bias + they have an inability to recognize their dumbness + they ironically think that they are the opposite of dumb, and that smart people are the dumb ones.</p>
<p>Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-921" title="glenn-beck" src="http://40yearoldatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/glenn-beck-199x300.jpg" alt="glenn-beck" width="199" height="300" /></p>
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