unskilled and unaware of it - Page 5

On April 14 2007 19:50 Kacas wrote:



so sad =((

On April 14 2007 20:18 oddeye wrote:


and funny at times

On April 14 2007 20:25 QuietIdiot wrote:

I did some research, this guy is for real o_O
http://www.bulletballgames.com/

On April 11 2007 17:44 pzeta wrote:
I have read an interesting article called 'unskilled and unaware of it';
Essentially, one has to be at a
certain threshold of skill just to realize how much one doesn't
know. At the same time, the highest levels of proficiency can often
create a sense of humility as one really gets one's arms around the
vastness of a subject.
In more detail:

People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many
social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this
overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in
these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach
erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their
incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.
Across 4 studies, 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. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to
deficits in metacognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish
accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of
participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence,
helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.

Poll: Do you agree with unskilled people overstimated theirself
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

The article

I don't agree with this article, because a lot of skilled players are arrogant and in my environment the bigger part of people 'unskilled' in some area is usually humild and low-confindence.

On May 31 2009 14:06 daz wrote:


im sure someone posted this already but because i dont have time to read the thread and just in case they didnt:

How can you play starcraft and disagree with this? Bnet is just one giant example of these results. Ask any random shitty newb on bnet and they will all tell you how good they are

On April 11 2007 17:44 OP wrote:
tests of humor.

On June 01 2009 09:28 GeneralStan wrote:


This is the part that boggles me. How do you test for humor exactly?