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  • RustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzJust So
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    22 days ago

    The problem is there isn’t anything “useful” for understanding humans [in evolutionary psychology]. Yes we can come up with plausible evolutionary justifications for behavior like cooperation, but they are basically untestable and useless for predictions.

    Edited to clarify I mean specifically evolutionary psychology.


  • Based on what I know of Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect, it seems you’re at your most competent when you feel like you’re at your least.

    I’m not sure how you come to that conclusion, even with the internet meme version of the Dunning-Kruger effect. In the meme version, the incompetent think they are most competent, but I don’t think it follows that the most competent would think they are least competent.

    I would summarize the actual Dunning-Kruger effect as: people tend to think they are a bit above average, and actual skill factors in only slightly. Worth emphasizing that these results are over groups of people, and individuals have extreme variation.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

    Dunning-Kruger percentile chart

    Dunning-Kruger raw score chart












  • RustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Humor@lemmy.mlWhat Would Jesus Do
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    7 months ago

    It’s worth pointing out the context is days before Jesus’ death. It’s also part of hitting the clueless disciples over the head with the message He’s dying soon.

    With respect to the poor, I like the phrasing in Mark: “You always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them” (bold mine). Jesus did not criticize them for failing to annoint Him, but for harassing the woman, for nitpicking her good deed.

    It’s a profoundly fitting verse in relationship to this discussion. A group of people try to tell as many people as possible that Jesus loves – and Christians are called to serve – all people: folks of every age and race and creed including those the right is stoking hate for: muslims, LGBTQ+, those who’ve had abortions, everyone. Instead of supporting this push-back against hate, cynics have decided that this money was the missing piece of the several billion dollars needed annually to address world hunger.