Tag Archives: Dunning-Kruger Effect

Trump and US crime rates: a chasm between fact and fear-mongering

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Naomi

As the Brennan Center reports, crime rates in the U.S. remain at an historic low. Yet Trump continues his fact-free fear-mongering about crime. And apparently the Trump Base still gets excited by the dumb horror movie he’s scripted. Why? I … Continue reading →

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The god problem: when your god is a white supremacist

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Naomi

Or the god problem in the American war on women. Because however we look at it, movements such as white supremacy — modeled after Hitler’s achievements — depend upon an abject belief in some god or other. I do like … Continue reading →

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I got issues: why did some people vote for Trump? A summary

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Naomi

Let’s summarize what we’ve learned from my very own digest of some socio-neuro studies attempting to pin down why people might have voted for Trump: The Dunning-Kruger Effect. This one was fun, wasn’t it? Because once a writer, i.e., me, got … Continue reading →

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