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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> bob wrote:
>
>> Global.Cooling.Is.Here@Al.Gore.Has.Lost.It.gov wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Record lows across the Southland!
>>> Where's the *heat*, gory "uncle" Al Gore?
>>> Must be in the same lock box as that InterNet thing that you
>>> created.
>>
>>
>>  Making up a stupid name for a single post.
>>  How long will abuse@comcast.net allow it to keep its account?
>>
>>  In 1999, on CNN, Al Gore said "During my service in the United
>> States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
>> Meaning he introduced the legislation. Although he didn't "invent"
>> it, he does deserve much credit for making it happen.
>>
>>  One of the effects of Global Warming is bizarre weather incidents,
>> such as temperature extremes, hurricanes and tornadoes at odd times
>> and places, etc. This was predicted by scientists decades ago.
>>
>>
>
> Uh, decades ago, they were predicting another ice age...  Where you
> been?

Uh, that was decades ago. Uh, this is now. Uh, science tends to make 
progress over time. Uh, for example, uh, decades ago a computer with, uh, 
less processing power than the average scientific calculator costs, uh, 
millions of dollars and took up several large rooms. Where you been?

Sharp as ever, yooz iz, JT...

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Welcome to reality. Enjoy your visit. Slow thinkers keep right.
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Why are so many not smart enough to know they're not smart enough?

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf
� 1999 by the American Psychological Association
December 1999 Vol. 77, No. 6, 1121-1134

Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments

Justin Kruger and David Dunning
Department of Psychology
Cornell University

ABSTRACT:
...the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile
on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test
performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the
12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd.