One has trouble, I have trouble understanding General McChrystal’s agreeing to be interviewed by the reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine. Why? Because the General is our President’s man in charge of the war in Afghanistan, now in its ninth year and without an end in sight. And the President’s man doesn’t do Rolling Stone interviews. [...]
Archive for June 25, 2010
General McChrystal and the Anosognosic’s Dilemma
June 25, 2010The Dunning-Kruger Effect
June 25, 2010Why did I never hear about this before now? What is it? According to Wickipedia “The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which “people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.” “Metacognitive,” that’s knowing about knowing. People are not aware, all people, [...]
Over Hamburgers at Ray’s
June 25, 2010Last week BP’s embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, was criticized for attending a yacht race (while, of course, his oil continued to gush into the Gulf waters). This week, in the picture below, we see President Obama at Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Va. enjoying a hamburger and fries with President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia. [...]
