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What is a cult? The definition is difficult and elusive. It's nigh impossible to define just what is a cult without encompassing all organized religion. Many of us may in fact subscribe to that particular definition, but for the purposes of this Sift Channel we'll loosely use the following: "a quasi-religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices or beliefs"- Webster's New World College Dictionary.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult for more information.
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Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments.
Kruger, Justin; Dunning, David
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol 77(6), Dec 1999, 1121-1134.
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 the participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserve
Does John McCain’s Campaign Own VotefortheMILF.com?
curiousity
In reply to this comment by curiousity:
Umm... Did you watch this clip?
It's the Penguin, not the Joker and that is repeat multiple times in the clip.
just saying.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-B-OyQ-KI
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The book Spark talks about people with agoraphibia running toward a mall (which they fear), and learning to associate the increased heartrate with something challenging/succesful... growing new brain cells.
http://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113506
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“[A Palin daughter wedding] would be fantastic,” a McCain insider told the British paper. “You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week.”
- http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/09/the_mccain_campaigns_latest_gi.html
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