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  • Re: What kind of person was McArthur Wheeler of Dunning-Kruger DK effect infamy?

    From Chris@ithinkiam@gmail.com to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu May 7 07:00:30 2026
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    Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:
    Chris wrote:

    Lol. That implies that you're normally not. Yet again, the mask slips.

    <snip>

    I made no judgement about the accuracy of your point. It is still an insult >> to pass judgement or highlight a factually correct observation about
    someone's character. For example, "You're ugly", "you smell awful", or
    "you're stupid" are all insults even if they may be accurate to some
    degree. Someone as thin-skinned as you should recognise that.

    Your continued argument and lack of contrition is indicative of your
    hypocrisy.

    Hi Chris,

    I'll ignore your insults (which I cut out of the quoted text above for that reason)

    I've reinstated the full quote as there is no insult. I invite you to
    precisely identify anything that meets the definition of an insult.

    This will be my last contribution to this thread. It's very clear you're a hypocrite. You want to call people out for insulting behaviour and yet deny
    you calling people stupid is an insult.

    Not for the first time, you need to take a good look in the mirror.

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  • From Maria Sophia@mariasophia@comprehension.com to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu May 7 03:21:59 2026
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    Chris wrote:
    You want to call people out for insulting behaviour and yet deny
    you calling people stupid is an insult.

    Chris,


    Give me credit for being intelligent.

    Don't you think there's a reason both those threads were entered
    consecutively? C'mon. Think about it. Do you think it's by accident?

    Not a single person who replied has understood something as simple as the
    two conditions in the original post of the thread that they claim this
    belongs in, which is my entire point about the D-K effect.

    You all proved it for me.
    Thanks!
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu May 7 08:16:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-05-07 02:21, Maria Sophia wrote:
    Chris wrote:
    You want to call people out for insulting behaviour and yet deny
    you calling people stupid is an insult.

    Chris,


    Give me credit for being intelligent.

    Don't you think there's a reason both those threads were entered consecutively? C'mon. Think about it. Do you think it's by accident?

    Not a single person who replied has understood something as simple as the
    two conditions in the original post of the thread that they claim this belongs in, which is my entire point about the D-K effect.

    You all proved it for me.
    Thanks!

    Thank you for demonstrating the "no true Scotsman" fallacy!
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