http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/04/the_woah_youre.html Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/04/the_woah_youre.html#comment-461 -keith in mtn. view Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:18:37 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=1591#comment-461 <p>Bruce, not just "near," we probably hear your train in the morning (?)- I'm sure my wife does anyhow! ;-) Ninme when you say, "takes-one-to-know-one" and add the <i>affinity</i> of identification pathology: "that (which) you hate most in others (is) what you’re most guilty of yourself." that really brings it home. The whole "liberal crackpot-solution" thing keeps me coming back to the <a href="http://www.phule.net/mirrors/unskilled-and-unaware.html" rel="nofollow">Cornell study of incompetents</a>; people who can't self-assess and delusionally, place themselves in the upper percentile when really, performancewise they're in the lowest 25th. Heh, "self-esteem" is actually a reflection of self-protective ego-coating. It explains to me how they can believe that proven failures can somehow magically morph into successes, simply because they <em>think</em> that they are "Good" ideas. And it explains to me how they can conceive of themselves as being <i>morally suprior</i> (and also, especially, that others are less-so), and that they are "Great Humanitarians" simply because they hold a certain principle in mind. Mind over matter, eh?</p> Bruce, not just “near,” we probably hear your train in the morning (?)- I’m sure my wife does anyhow! ;-) Ninme when you say, “takes-one-to-know-one” and add the affinity of identification pathology: “that (which) you hate most in others (is) what you’re most guilty of yourself.” that really brings it home. The whole “liberal crackpot-solution” thing keeps me coming back to the Cornell study of incompetents; people who can’t self-assess and delusionally, place themselves in the upper percentile when really, performancewise they’re in the lowest 25th. Heh, “self-esteem” is actually a reflection of self-protective ego-coating. It explains to me how they can believe that proven failures can somehow magically morph into successes, simply because they think that they are “Good” ideas. And it explains to me how they can conceive of themselves as being morally suprior (and also, especially, that others are less-so), and that they are “Great Humanitarians” simply because they hold a certain principle in mind. Mind over matter, eh?

]]> http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/04/the_woah_youre.html#comment-460 Bruce Chang Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:08:25 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=1591#comment-460 <p>You're from near MV? That's where I get on the Caltrain!</p> You’re from near MV? That’s where I get on the Caltrain!

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