Mansplaining ~ C. Napier

#mansplaining #talkischeap #dunningkrugereffect #comicart #thetracer

Real people share 17 red flags that expose someone trying to appear wiser than they actually are

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/people-share-17-signs-of-low-intelligence-that-immediately-raise-red-flags-about-how-smart-someone-is

How do you know someone is intelligent? Here are 15 'subtle signs' they're very smart.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-subtle-signs-someone-is-intelligent-ex1

PsyPost: Sycophantic chatbots inflate people’s perceptions that they are “better than average”. “Results of three experiments indicate that sycophantic AI chatbots inflate people’s perceptions that they are ‘better than average’ on a number of desirable traits. Furthermore, participants viewed sycophantic chatbots as unbiased, but viewed disagreeable chatbots as highly biased. The paper […]

PsyPost: Users of generative AI struggle to accurately assess their own competence. “New research provides evidence that using artificial intelligence to complete tasks can improve a person’s performance while simultaneously distorting their ability to assess that performance accurately.”

Philosophy expert shares Aristotle's simple way to know if you have a 'great mind'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/philosophy-expert-shares-aristotle-s-simple-way-to-know-if-you-have-a-great-mind

PsyPost: Personalization algorithms create an illusion of competence, study finds. “The findings provide evidence that when algorithms tailor information to a user’s behavior, that user may develop a biased understanding of the subject while simultaneously feeling overconfident in their inaccurate knowledge.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/07/psypost-personalization-algorithms-create-an-illusion-of-competence-study-finds/

We like to think that understanding comes when things start to make sense.
But what if that feeling is the trap?

https://yesterdayilearned.substack.com/p/the-illusion-of-understanding

#learning #ai #DunningKrugerEffect

The Internet Was Doomed From the Start

This Just In: Maybe it's time to rethink the entire internet. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/the-internet-was-doomed-from-the-start-c58232eac00

#dunningkrugereffect #writing #thisjustin #technology