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02-25-2011, 10:34 AM
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I got to thinking about why some threads go off the rails (I was reading one here at the time where people were making fantastic claims for mediocre basses), and the old statistic that 80% of drivers rate themselves above average came to mind. Oh, that's not urban legend, either. 
This led me to this article. Well written, well researched, and, to my surprise, an effect with a number of different manifestations.
If I were a cynic, I'd say this completely explains the Internet. 
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02-25-2011, 10:37 AM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | ha.
My dad used to tell me:
If you comprehend the fact that you're not as smart as you think you are, then it's likely that you're smarter than you think you are 
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02-25-2011, 10:38 AM
| | | | I'd post here, but I'm above that kind of thing.
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02-25-2011, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Disraeli Gears I'd post here, but I'm above that kind of thing. |
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02-25-2011, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Relic ha.
My dad used to tell me:
If you comprehend the fact that you're not as smart as you think you are, then it's likely that you're smarter than you think you are | Stolen from Aristotle. Phht.
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02-25-2011, 10:48 AM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CrispyDelicious Stolen from Aristotle. Phht. | Yeah, he was my dad
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02-25-2011, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Relic Yeah, he was my dad | Dang, I knew you were old but....
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02-25-2011, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I the best and you are not.
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02-25-2011, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by CrispyDelicious Stolen from Aristotle. Phht. | I think this idea originated from Socrates and was then passed down to Aristotle thru Plato. No?
Common knowledge for such an above average thinker like myself.
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02-25-2011, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | | The internet is a great equalizer. Merely having the ability to type and a valid email address entitles someone to post on an internet forum. This is true regardless of actual experience in anything other than spewing one's opinion over the bandwidth. The opinions of the 15 year old kid in his bedroom have the same weight as those of a 45 year old professional who as earned all of his experience the hard way.
Everyone thinks his opinion / rig / gear / life / education is the best, and will, no matter what. All of this is exascerbated by poor reading comprehension by users. If something is repeated often enough, it becomes truth, no matter the subject. Just because someone says something, or has an opinion on something does not mean that it is valid or true, or that the post has any merit (or that it does NOT have merit).
One possibility would be to have a ranking system, which would be some function of experience, merit of posted materials, qualifications of individual, etc. As an example, on this forum, we could instantly see that difference between the individual playing the local coffee shop for a tip jar three times a year or the one flying all over the country to play major events (and earn major money), and judge whether the post has any validity or not.
But, then again, someone would inevitably be offended because their opinion was of lower importance than that of someone else (GASP!!).
Until then, I'm going to pat myself on the back and imagine that I made a positive contribution to TB.
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02-25-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by okcrum I got to thinking about why some threads go off the rails (I was reading one here at the time where people were making fantastic claims for mediocre basses), and the old statistic that 80% of drivers rate themselves above average came to mind. Oh, that's not urban legend, either.
This led me to this article. Well written, well researched, and, to my surprise, an effect with a number of different manifestations.
If I were a cynic, I'd say this completely explains the Internet. | Interesting article. It sounds like yet another manifestation of the widespread ability of people to believe exactly what they choose to, regardless of any available evidence. Sheesh, I've even seen comments that people have some sort of "right" to do so.
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02-25-2011, 11:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | funny, and true. great article.
for me, tb has been excellent (for the mind, not the wallet heh).
when i joined, had my first computer, and never had been on the internet before. i've had my ass handed to me many times, and learned a ton. and i appreciate it.
even though i know more than you... |
02-25-2011, 11:34 AM
|  | Is this thing on? | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Where else? In the dog house. | | I only see two problems with this.
1. I couldn't possibly overestimate my positive qualities.
2. I don't have any negative qualities to underestimate.
But it probably applies to the rest of you.  |
02-25-2011, 11:38 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | Good article and good topic.
Over the years I've learned that the more you learn, the more you realize that there is yet a lot more to learn. |
02-25-2011, 11:44 AM
|  | layin' it down like pavement | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) Good article and good topic.
Over the years I've learned that the more you learn, the more you realize that there is yet a lot more to learn. | +1 )-(
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02-25-2011, 11:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | After just a quick glance at the header of the article, considering what I've been reading quite a lot of here on TB lately, I can totally buy into that premise.
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02-25-2011, 11:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I sometimes am prone to illusory superiority. Then I read the newspaper and I realize that in most cases, it's not illusory.
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02-25-2011, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | I am giving this a bump, because I think it might be useful for a good number of folks here on TB to read this article, considering how certain threads have gone recently. I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone specific, but a good number of posters recently have been very illustrative of this concept.
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02-25-2011, 09:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Dark Horse strings | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Verde Valley, AZ | | | Agreed.
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02-25-2011, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Relic ha.
My dad used to tell me:
If you comprehend the fact that you're not as smart as you think you are, then it's likely that you're smarter than you think you are | If my hands hadn't immediately gone to my head when I read this my mind would've been irreparably blown .
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