Tom Nelson spots this droll duo:
The Policy Lass is sick of arguing with stupid people. Anyone who has been to WUWT and the comment threads there will empathise. It is all a hopeless morass of nonsense; it cannot be fixed, only risen above. And indeed (as I’ve tried to tell them) the science just goes on without them. But I’ll still visit occaisionally in case there is anyone there who wants to listen.
Arguing With Stupid People | The Policy Lass
Research shows that stupid people — people who truly are ignorant — tend to think they know far more than they do. They are also more likely to think informed people know less than they do. It’s the D-K effect and it’s rampant at both CA and WUWT and Climate Etc. If you’ve ever haunted those sites, you know what I’m talking about.
I’m always tempted to go to there and look for ‘teh stupid’ so I can mock it, but as the Twain quote says, they just bring you down to their level. Admittedly, there is a certain pleasure in mocking teh stupid, but life is short and its unnaturally warm outside. Time’s a wasting.
I get such a kick out this, especially since Connolley has shown that he’d rather just dismiss everyone with a wave of the condescending hand. At least he doesn’t call for our houses to be burned, though I’ll bet he secretly likes the idea.
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I think that all these folk need to be reminded of the definition of the scientific method
“Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.” John Wayne
Wiiliam who?
Old Job could have handled them: “No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.”
I, for one, enjoyed his posts, although I would not often agree with his positions.
In “Arguing With Stupid People” she is describing herself to a tee. Far more than you or any of us. Yet she can’t see it and thinks she’s far smarter than she is. Yet she thinks she’s clever by repeating “teh” classic online typo. She’s just reinforcing it. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Probably a bit of both.
I get such a kick out of this … (add teh “of”) !
Movie Quote:
Patton: [to his dog, named after William the Conqueror, after it is panicked by a much smaller dog] Your name isn’t William, it’s Willy!
Projection requires an ignorance of self.
Connolley is just not a very likeable person. He has repeatedly misused his position. On Wikipedia he arbitrarily censored comments that did not agree with his wacky and repeatedly falsified global warming narrative. Not once, but hundreds of times.
Bye-bye, Billy. You brought this on yourself. It is a result of your major character flaw. The world is better off without your unethical machinations. Good riddance, as you fade into well deserved obscurity.
http://metaclimate.org/about/
Says it all. Undergrad degree in science, but finds the PhDs on here stupid people. What a cretin.
Soon to be an anachronistic cretin.
“Research shows that stupid people — people who truly are ignorant — tend to think they know far more than they do.”
From the Bible, Luke 4:23 (King James Version):
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
How sad. How little time and effort she must have expended to evaluate the controversy.
I’ve run across Mr Connolley on several blogs and must admit that I’ve never won an argument with him. When I point out facts contrary to his assertion, he goes away. When I point out flaws in the logic of his argument, he goes away. When I ask for evidence that supports his conjectures, he goes away.
Clearly I’m losing these arguments with him because I am stupid.
Gees, how does she cope when she is arguing with herself.. ???
which one is stupidest ?
UnderGrad in science, but doesn’t use it.. says it all.. coffee shop waitress perhaps?
I asked William a slew of questions and waited for answers that never came. I guess I was just too dumb to understand so he didn’t bother replying. May he forgive my ignorance. 🙂
That’s quite a bit of projection he’s giving as you say, he’s given to “a wave of the condescending hand.” But, when he’s challenged, he’s got nothing…….. studies say……… he’d be comical if it weren’t for the pathetic part. It is sad, though, I was hoping he had the intelligence to see the various perspectives.
First, A friend of Luboš Motl’s says I don’t have a clue that I don’t have a
clue, then Connolley assures me I don’t understand basic physics, finally Willis tells me “… you’ve made a very bad start.”
Maybe I should hang out at http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/ for a while, it will annoy Connolley and give him a chance to rail at WUWT without having to come over here.
Hmm, no mention of the CSM science quiz over there, I could bring that up and rant about the bogus question I missed.
Oh brother … as if these guys have built anything of practical use in the world that has stood the test of time, the test of weather and wind, and all manner of force nature can ‘dish out’ (or the environmental-lab’s shaker table and/or temp-chamber can throw at it) …
Book-learnt-smart, paper-pushing, report writing, pencil-necked, livin’ in a make-believe world, model-‘running’, absolute-power addicted, educationally-sheltered, unable to relate to the real-word, holier-than-thou, detached uber-geeks (not to be confused with your average garden variety geek which is harmless yet lovable).
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Anything is possible says:
April 20, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Wiiliam who?
Anything, as no one explained who this demagogue is, I thought I’d post a link to an explanation that has quite a few valid points. http://www.conservapedia.com/William_M._Connolley
on the other hand, if you were merely posting your question as a point of irony (more people know who Asange is than Connolley), then forgive me, as I am indeed, stupid.
Please let him know that I would love to discuss the science with him. The only reason I’m a skeptic is a distrust of the models and a lack of other reasons to believe that whether will get more extreme and harm us in some way.
Please let him know that if he could show me emperical reasons to believe that human action is having detrimental effects on the climate (or he convinces me on the veracity of climate models) I would gladly join his side and petition for GHG reductions.
“Research shows that stupid people — people who truly are ignorant — tend to think they know far more than they do.”
Uhhmmm… No, Mr. Connolley.
Research shows that stupid people have lower intelligence and have more difficulty learning. Conversely, ignorant people are just uniformed. There is no relationship between ignorance and intelligence. Let me state this succinctly, Mr Connolley. Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is permanent. You can quote me.
Confusing stupidity with ignorance is, well frankly, just stupid Mr. Connolley. Mind you, I’m not mocking ‘teh stupidity’ of your statement, just clarifying the facts so you might learn a simple truth, if you are capable.
MtK
@Ric Werme:
Actually, William and Willis have very much in common, namely, both cannot stand the slightest criticism, and both are prone to abuse their prerogatives.
He should go check out the heartland website… It’s worse than wuwt by far..
ha ha ha!!!!! oh, the hilarity!
i got something i just have to say for policy lass:
your citation of the dunning-kreuger effect, which is merely malapropism a couple guys renamed after themselves, is a favorite rhetorical weapon of the sophomore. it sounds like they are being scientific in addressing a topic, but really it’s an ad hominem attack basically calling the other guy stupid.
the dunning-kreuger effect, is it? it’s not an effect, but a gambit. i guess you didn’t know that, huh?
well, ima reveal to you a little bit how the magician does his tricks-
just like that story of masturbation making hair grow on your palms – the dunning-kreuger gambit is designed for a purpose.
nobody expected you to believe your palms would grow hairy – at least not for more than a second – what they wanted to do was see if you LOOKED, policy lass.
similarly, the dunning-kreuger gambit discriminates who suffers from it and who doesn’t. people who have it, cite it. people who get it laugh at them. ha ha on you, sucka.
you got it. get it? ha ha ha!!!!!! schadenfreude has never been more entertaining!