Sep 23, 2008 1:29 PM GMT
Salon published a essay yesterday by a neurologist, documenting the way people rely on their "gut" to make decisions and then remain attached to the decision no matter how abundant contrary evidence is.
One interesting observation is that the more incompetent a person is, the more he assumes he's smarter than everyone else. Smart people, on the other hand, tend to think of everyone else as smarter than they actually are. (Can you feel George Bush in this?)
The article also proposes some ways to deal with this fact of life:
http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2008/09/22/voter_choice/index.html
One interesting observation is that the more incompetent a person is, the more he assumes he's smarter than everyone else. Smart people, on the other hand, tend to think of everyone else as smarter than they actually are. (Can you feel George Bush in this?)
The article also proposes some ways to deal with this fact of life:
http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2008/09/22/voter_choice/index.html