Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Incompetent People Really Have No Clue,

Studies Find

They're blind to own failings, others' skills

One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the researchers believe, is that the skills required for competence often are the same skills necessary to recognize competence.

The incompetent, therefore, suffer doubly, they suggested in a paper appearing in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ``Not only do they reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the ability to realize it,'' wrote Kruger, now an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, and Dunning

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/01/18/MN73840.DTL

[Simplepleasures]

Whoa Valerie, after reading this article and not knowing about the earlobe thingy in the dying, I might be one of the "incompetants".

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Whoa Valerie, after reading this article and not knowing about the earlobe thingy in the dying, I might be one of the "incompetants".

Not:specs:

After reading this article, I started thinking maybe I'm incompetent but I don't know it!

[Simplepleasures]

Not:specs:

After reading this article, I started thinking maybe I'm incompetent but I don't know it!

Its kind of scary how much we think alike! Maybe it's all the inflammation!

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Could be!:flmngmd: (inflammation smiley)

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

What earlobe thingy?

steph

[Simplepleasures]

What earlobe thingy?

steph

Go to the LTC forum about droopy earlobes in the dying.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Here's the old saying: "You don't know what you don't know."

Here's another saying: "Ignorance is bliss."

[everthesame, LPN, LVN]

Droopy earlobe thread

https://allnurses.com/forums/f22/ear-changes-dying-pt-279832.html

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

Professor plum in the hospital with the full bedpan of urine.....oh wait....wrong kinda clue....

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Professor plum in the hospital with the full bedpan of urine.....oh wait....wrong kinda clue....

:rotfl:

[BlueRidgeHomeRN]

professor plum in the hospital with the full bedpan of urine.....oh wait....wrong kinda clue....

:rotfl: thanks--best laugh all week!