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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| The Science of Smug |
| 12:04:30 pm mst / 16 March 2001 found by diana / filed in science / source ABC News 150 hits / 2 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Most people see themselves as above average in morals and skills, even though (by definition) that's just not possible. But now researchers have managed to pin down whether we are wrong about our own superiority or about the inferiority of others. |
| I guess that the road to average, as well as to hell, is paved with good intentions. |
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| Comments |
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| Hmmm.... by jwales 1:38:04 pm mst / 17 March 2001 / # 1 |
| Actually, most people can be above average, depending on the shape of the distribution. All you need is a few Darwin Award types to really pulllll that average down. |
| really? by r1chard 5:31:42 pm mst / 17 March 2001 / # 2 |
There no way this applies to me, but I can see how it works for most poeple... ;) |
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