Cocky beats correct
2009-06-16 15:39:41.450403+02 by
Dan Lyke
5 comments
Anti-news, but at least the psychology profs are proving the obvious: Humans prefer cockiness to expertise.
The research, by Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shows that we prefer advice from a confident source, even to the point that we are willing to forgive a poor track record. Moore argues that in competitive situations, this can drive those offering advice to increasingly exaggerate how sure they are.
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#Comment Re: made: 2009-06-16 15:47:07.900032+02 by:
topspin
and thus we get Dick Cheney.
#Comment Re: made: 2009-06-16 16:17:50.887455+02 by:
jeff
and Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh...
Anyone see a trend here?
#Comment Re: made: 2009-06-16 21:08:51.924419+02 by:
spc476
Barack Obama? Nancy Pelosi? Keith Olberman?
#Comment Re: made: 2009-06-17 00:58:55.243619+02 by:
meuon
Why complain? It's how I make a living :)
#Comment Re: made: 2009-06-17 01:20:19.269853+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Grins. Yep, meuon, I offer this not as a complaint, but as evidence to encourage certain behaviors.
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