The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Part 1
“This might be seen as a sign that the American right has finally crossed the border into looney-land.” Perhaps observations from the field of cognitive science, the Dunning-Kruger effect, can help explain why.
Category: Teh Crazy
Carpet Bombing Agrabah
41% of Donald Trump supporters support the bombing of the city of “Agrabah.” Unfortunately for them, the strategic value of same would be nil, since Agrabah was the capital of Princess Jasmine’s homeland in the animated Disney cartoon, “Alladin.” Ted Cruz voters prefer it be carpet bombing, to see if they could “make the sand glow in the dark.”
Fear Not
So, don’t look for terrorists to be carrying weapons as they deplane. More likely they’ll be carrying large fruit baskets with Thank You cards addressed to the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.
MAN UP, YOU PUSSIES!
“There is nothing more threatening to the liberal media, in general and to Hillary Clinton, in particular, than a conservative woman.”
Climate Changelings
But when it comes to avoiding catastrophic climate change (if you think we have a refugee problem now, consider what would happen if tens of millions of coastal dwellers start heading inland), I have to consider myself a curable optimist.
Republicans In Search Of A More Perfect ClusterPhuque
Uncle Ben Carson’s Rice For Brains brand of rhetoric will be on display at the third Republican Debate in Boulder, Colorado
