WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:03.680 So you get that a little bit of knowledge becomes 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:07.919 very dangerous because once someone has a basic understanding of things, 3 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:13.359 and only a basic understanding of things, they become convinced 4 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.760 that that basic is exponentially applied and can give them 5 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:26.320 the entirety of that base of knowledge. See this is 6 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.320 why I'm always qualifying stuff where I say, look, I 7 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:31.879 studied this, and I studied that. When it comes to 8 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.240 like say the jfk assassination, people go, I want to 9 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.640 know about this with absolute certainty, And I go, well, look, 10 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:39.320 you got to consider a bunch of things. Nobody likes 11 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.759 that answer because wherever it's going to go. If I 12 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:46.960 say it's about you know, different techniques, different spatter, you know, 13 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.600 different scientific tests have been conducted, and this is what 14 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.439 was found. And in some ways we take these things 15 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.159 collectively together and we can sort of begin to draw 16 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.640 a good possibility about something that happened. People don't want 17 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:04.280 to hear all that. They just don't. They want you 18 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.560 to say, nope, I know this because of this done. 19 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.400 They want the simplest answer. I've always thought it was 20 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.760 because again it was the easiest thing to remember, so 21 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.000 they could parrot it and appear as though they had knowledge, 22 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.359 and I think that that is a factor here too, 23 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:25.000 which maybe Dunning and Kruger didn't necessarily include in their study, 24 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.040 although I'd have to go back over it. I know 25 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.719 I read it in the late nineties or the early 26 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:35.799 two thousands. I know I read it along with my 27 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:41.840 studies on eyewitness accounts and the accuracy and inaccuracy of 28 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.760 those things. I know I did that, and I know 29 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:50.680 I don't recall you know, the whole Well, it makes 30 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.040 it carry along, like why does this happen? The why 31 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:58.480 of the effect is that someone who doesn't have an 32 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:02.040 understanding and places their true trust in that confident individual. 33 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:06.599 It's more attractive, yes, but it's also easier for them 34 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:11.039 to adapt it into their own presentations and then prop 35 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:16.159 up their own false sense of expertise when they have 36 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:19.639 even less knowledge than the individual. See, that's the thing. 37 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:24.319 There's the echo of the Dunning Kruger effect where indeed, okay, 38 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.879 there's that manager they were just talking about who believes 39 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:29.840 that they're very confident and believes that they perform, you know, 40 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.479 at a way higher rate than they could possibly perform collectively. 41 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:39.000 They believe in their own bs. But what that does 42 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:43.199 is it creates a residual effect among individuals who are 43 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:48.520 trusting or who have, through their own confirmation bias, placed 44 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.840 an amount of trust in that individual. Now with less information, 45 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:56.840 they continue with even more confidence because they knew the 46 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:02.280 expert who wasn't an expert. So, in other words, this 47 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:06.520 has a resonance that continues to ripple, much like a 48 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.080 pebble out a pond, where you know, one pebble breaks 49 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.759 the surface of the pond, but creates many ripples, and 50 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:18.800 those many ripples go out and expand all the way 51 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.080 to the shores of the pond sometimes, and that is 52 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.039 the echo of the Dunning Kruger effect. And I don't 53 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:30.400 remember if they studied that as part of their discussion 54 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.240 in the article that was published and was peer reviewed 55 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.639 and was received in a very strange way, because again 56 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:41.759 the supposed experts who had maybe risen to levels of 57 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:46.120 power and prestige in their fields were not necessarily the 58 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.960 good experts. I mean, it kind of explains how an 59 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.000 incompetent like doctor Phil is able to go out there 60 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.360 give this. I'll tell you what the problem is. You 61 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:59.560 just you don't understand this, and you're just being wrong, 62 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:06.439 you know it explains how that dynamic works, how somebody 63 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.280 that's never read the book can sell you the book 64 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.479 that you'll never read too, and then both of you 65 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.319 will claim that you have knowledge of the subject studied 66 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:23.600 in the book. It is the continuing ripple effect. Anyway, 67 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.639 I always find this fascinating, but I don't know if 68 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:35.399 they actually tried to study the continuation of that particular 69 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:39.680 set of actions when it comes to, like I said, 70 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.759 the management, the head of the leader of the political party, 71 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.959 the the leader of the church, et cetera. All these 72 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.480 people that don't even have the competence in the field 73 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:52.000 that they think they're supposed to have, they present themselves 74 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:57.120 as having. But then the after effect of having even 75 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.199 less knowledgeable individuals ca carry it on as if it's 76 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:09.519 an expert's opinion. It becomes an exponential destruction of competent information, 77 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:16.279 of reliable or ethical presentations, and continues to echo on. 78 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:18.560 And I think that's how we ended up with an 79 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:24.800 alternative media that is now almost entirely opinion based, and 80 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.959 it almost looks like expertise. When one idiot goes about 81 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:35.040 the document writer, I know, I know, I think we 82 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:41.000 know who I'm mocking there, And it's not Machiavelli sounds similar, though, 83 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:45.199 there you go, new conspiracy theory. There is something to this. 84 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:55.879 The Mandala affect and the Mandela effect seemingly very very 85 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:01.639 similar things, and entirely they do almost for a good reason. 86 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:13.120 So I don't know where this next part is going 87 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.000 to go. I don't recall, but I gotta tell you 88 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:19.439 this to me is one of the keys digital age. 89 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:23.519 The Dunning Krueger effect has found a particularly fertile environment. 90 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:28.920 Social media platforms allow individuals with minimal expertise to broadcast 91 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.600 their opinions to wide audiences with the same apparent authority 92 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:37.319 as established experts. Oh here's the democratization of voice. While 93 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.920 valuable in many ways, has also created what some researchers 94 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:45.319 call an expertise crisis, a flattening of the perceived difference 95 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:50.240 between novice and expert opinions. As Neil deGrasse Tyson puts it, 96 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.839 one of the great challenges in this world is knowing 97 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.360 enough about a subject to think you're right, but not 98 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.399 enough about the subject to know you're wrong. 99 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.800 See. Now, that's fascinating to me that these these guys 100 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:05.959 and here's a you know, an argument, I don't agree 101 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.560 one hundred percent with everything on this channel, but the 102 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:13.879 overall exposition that is here is valuable. But when they 103 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.240 point to a guy like Neilda grass Tyson, there is 104 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.600 a guy who does have some level of expertise in 105 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:25.680 various fields, and people discount them based on their confirmation 106 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.439 bias all the time. And I disagree with Neilda grass 107 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:33.519 Tyson on a bunch of things, but the reason I 108 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:39.040 do is because of this exact problem. He applies this 109 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:43.839 scientific study of ideas that he has in certain fields 110 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:50.439 to things that it does not necessarily comport with, and 111 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.399 then with absolute certainty shuts down people with very simple 112 00:07:54.439 --> 00:08:00.959 answers in debates because he has now overestimated his ability. See, 113 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.360 there's a certain point at which intelligence and expertise does 114 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.600 get to an arrogance. And again it is more about 115 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:16.120 the interruption of continuous education, a need to continuously educate 116 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:24.040 oneself and to dispossess yourself of maybe poorly received knowledge, 117 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:28.959 like knowledge that was not entirely ethical when you took 118 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:31.360 it in. It wasn't correct when you took it in, 119 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.440 and you based a lot of things on it. You 120 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.000 must go back and re challenge some of that stuff. 121 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.600 Now and then Neil de grasse Tyson does not. He 122 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:44.639 is highly intelligent and in some cases is intelligent enough 123 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:49.759 to know that he is not an expert on everything, 124 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:54.120 and yet somehow presents himself in that way. So he's 125 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.320 gone over the hump to understand that he is intelligent enough, 126 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:03.039 gotten to the nuances, and now broken his own paradigm 127 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.720 by refusing to take in new or different information. He 128 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:14.039 shuts down arguments with very effective debate techniques and sadly 129 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.840 look as flaud as I'm pointing out that he is personally, 130 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.919 it's irrelevant. He is part of a problem where yes, 131 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:27.360 indeed they're of a more advanced intelligence than the average, 132 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:33.480 But the problem becomes when they recognize that and now 133 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.639 do not have the ability to take in anymore because 134 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:41.639 they have overestimated the worth of the knowledge they've gained. 135 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:45.720 In other words, he's more intelligent than the average person, 136 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:51.080 that's an absolute certainty, but he's now lost his ability 137 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:56.679 to continue to utilize that intelligence properly because it's really 138 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.000 not a high bar to jump over the majority of 139 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.919 people around us. I mean, I got to say that 140 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:05.639 eight out of ten people I meet are at best 141 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:14.120 at best benignly, idiotic and stupid. They spout off about 142 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:18.399 things that they know nothing about continuously, and occasionally have 143 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.639 a skill set where they are experienced enough that they 144 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:25.960 could pass along relevant information to those that are less 145 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.879 informed than themselves, and they do, But then they step 146 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:36.679 outside of their own expertise and they do invade other 147 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.399 areas with that over confidence. See in other words, they 148 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:42.919 have a level of expertise in a particular area, and 149 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.720 that's all great and everything, but that's all they've got. 150 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:47.879 They don't have the rest, and people turn to them 151 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.559 from many many other things. You know, a guy who 152 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.600 can build you a house is not necessarily the guy 153 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.320 who can tell you how to live your life. He 154 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:59.159 may be the most intelligent for building a house that 155 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:00.919 is not going to fall down on you for the 156 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.919 next forty fifty years, but he doesn't necessarily know how 157 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:10.879 to have a relationship. And people just correlate things like 158 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.639 this together as if they are the same. They are not. 159 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:19.840 And that's the thing. Neilda grass Tyson might understand physics 160 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:25.960 for the most part, but when he makes blanket, you know, 161 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:30.799 assertions about like vaccinations and things like that, he's only 162 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:36.279 parroting what he thinks is expertise from others without the 163 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:41.960 ability to test their expertise. Hopefully, over the years people 164 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.960 have listened to me, and I know very few of 165 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.440 you will remain from some years ago, but those of 166 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.000 you who have stuck around for many years have learned 167 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:57.879 that I have been careful enough to challenge the expertise 168 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:04.919 of many people competently without necessarily debating them being rude, 169 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.399 having you know, name calling contests and things like that. 170 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:10.360 I've done it with a great deal of nuance, and 171 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.799 sometimes they don't even realize that they've been challenged or undermined. 172 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:19.240 And I presented their work, and I presented there their 173 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:24.399 points of view and allowed them to present them without 174 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:27.960 doing the gotcha and without doing the well I did this, 175 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.440 and I debated, and I proved wrong, and I remer 176 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:35.240 and I hammered, you know, much like the extremely nuanced 177 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.799 debate that goes on, or that really doesn't go on 178 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.440 most of the time, but that could go on. Regarding 179 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.080 the right to life situation and how there is an 180 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:51.559 inconsistency in the moral code, the scientific benchmarks, and even 181 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:58.799 the religiosity of people's positions on this, an atheist has 182 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:03.039 no reason to support pro life or pro choice based 183 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:08.200 on their atheism, but they do. A Christian has no 184 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:13.399 reason to support it if they're integrating science into their discussion. 185 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:20.159 And there are scientific contradictions here among people's points of view, 186 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:27.279 where you know, they've forgotten that murdering is different than killing. 187 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:32.120 They've forgotten that it is perfectly acceptable to have the 188 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.000 person's next of kin decide to shut down their life 189 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:38.399 support system and put them to death because there's no 190 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:43.679 brain function. And you know what, as you're listening to 191 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:47.039 me say this, you're placing what I'm saying into your 192 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.519 own confirmation bias, and you're assuming that I'm making statements 193 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:56.000 about this in one direction or another. That's the fascinating thing, 194 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.120 and that's what I've tried to do on my show. 195 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.840 Most times. Occasionally I've gotten angry because somebody's touched a nerve, 196 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:04.240 and hey, things happen over the course of four or 197 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:08.120 five thousand hours of discussion. But for the most part, 198 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.840 I've been about the exploration of the best information I 199 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:18.159 could get my hands on, the most different thought, the 200 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:26.080 most rare thought processes, and scientific explorations and philosophical divides. 201 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:32.279 I have tried to go for rarity and nuance, and 202 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:38.120 at the end of the day, that's probably why I'm 203 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.120 getting less and less successful, because the more nuanced I 204 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:47.320 add to the equation, the less attractive it is to anyone. Anyway, 205 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.679 back to the point that's being made in this video 206 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.360 and for the whole of this discussion, which by the way, 207 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:57.279 whether you realize it or not, multiple points are being 208 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.200 made to you at once here and I I hope 209 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:02.639 that you recognize it, and I hope that you find 210 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:04.879 something useful out of this, because at the end of 211 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:07.440 the day, every single one of my podcasts I try 212 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:12.639 to present something that is useful on multiple levels that 213 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:18.519 one could adapt and adopt into their own education one 214 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:23.720 way or another, to expand their base of knowledge, to 215 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:27.840 continue their exploration. That's what this has been about. And 216 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.039 even if it ends very very soon, even if my 217 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.559 life ends very very soon, I hope that some of 218 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.919 you have gained those nuggets one way or another, have 219 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:43.399 picked up and have had a sum a well not 220 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:48.159 a sum, have had a at the end of the day, 221 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.960 an overall gain here, you know, in the cost benefit analysis, 222 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:55.120 I hope that the cost of you spending your time 223 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.679 with me are supporting me or participating with me one 224 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.840 way or another has been a net gain for you 225 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:05.759 in your ability to think about things, in your ability 226 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.919 to explore them, in your base of knowledge, and in 227 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.440 some cases in other ways that I don't even care 228 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.360 to describe, because I'm hoping that one day somebody will 229 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:19.639 decode a great many things that I placed in here 230 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:24.120 for people to discover if they decide to revisit the 231 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:31.480 information and the audio pieces that I have released over time. Anyway, 232 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:37.120 back to Philosophy Coded and their YouTube channel and their 233 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:41.799 excellent explanation at least part of their excellent explanation on 234 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.120 the Dunning Kruger effect. 235 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.600 This captures the essence of how the Dunning Kruger effect 236 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:53.120 operates beyond academic settings, shaping discourse and decision making across society. 237 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.799 The manifestation of the Dunning Kruger effect isn't uniform across cultures, 238 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.519 which suggests that cultural factors significantly influence how people assess 239 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.920 their own abilities and how pronounce The effect appears in 240 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:14.519 different societies. In Western, particularly American culture, self promotion and 241 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:18.319 confidence are highly valued. Children are raised to believe in 242 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:23.160 themselves and their potential, creating fertile ground for overestimation of abilities. 243 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:28.160 The American ethos of individual achievement and potential may inadvertently 244 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:32.119 amplify the Dunning Kruger effect by encouraging positive self assessment 245 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.640 regardless of objective performance. 246 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.119 See wrap your mind around that. The American and indeed 247 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:47.799 the Western concept of self worth and self value. And 248 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:52.720 you know, whether it is the participation trophy, you know, 249 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.160 culture that emerged at a certain point, or it is 250 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:04.079 the self esteem or the opinion over factual relationship circumstances, 251 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:08.480 or the image over substance or whatever. All of these 252 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:14.599 sub particles of the paradigm that exists in the Western 253 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:25.200 world primarily and most starkly demonstrate exactly how America and 254 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:27.599 the Western world now it's a bad place. Oh, he's 255 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.240 smashing America. No, none of that. I'm trying to tell 256 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:36.519 you that it takes something like this nuanced Dunning Kruger 257 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:40.359 effect and a few other things that I consider to 258 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:46.519 be blights upon our intellectual society. One way or another, 259 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:52.119 it amplifies them, it makes them worse. The idea of 260 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:59.079 self worth and self determination being the supremacy of all 261 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:05.319 tricks for continuing to measure the value of the individual 262 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:08.680 or the groups of individuals or the actions of individuals. 263 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:15.519 This is something that is entirely amplified disproportionately in the 264 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:23.599 English speaking Western world. Absolutely, and I think that's relevant 265 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:26.880 to remember anyway, Enough out of me, I'm sorry I 266 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:29.160 keep having to interrupt, but I think these are important 267 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:34.480 points to stress and important additions, plus a couple of contradictions. Again, 268 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.680 I don't like Neil deGrasse Tyson being used as any 269 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:42.400 example of someone who has intellectual efficacy. Although he is 270 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:47.279 intellectually again, superior to the majority of people you will encounter, 271 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:53.880 it doesn't mean that he is not exactly nailed by 272 00:19:53.920 --> 00:20:03.319 some of these issues of confirmation bias, his self evaluation, 273 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:11.400 distortion and disillusion. Or maybe that would be illusion. I 274 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.559 guess it's the illusion of self worth and the dissolusion 275 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:20.039 of proper evaluation. Either way, the point is that it 276 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:25.720 is amplified, and has been amplified even more and with 277 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:31.079 a narrower spectrum than ever before, based on again, you know, 278 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:35.720 like they brought up earlier, the democracy of ideas, the 279 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:41.240 ability for the amplification of the very short ideas which 280 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.599 are not nuanced, are not informed, can be easily amplified. 281 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.240 I mean, think about the millions and millions of followers 282 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:52.839 slash readers people have on social media platforms. Those things 283 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:58.119 are directly relatable to financial gain, They're directly related to 284 00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:03.559 by the economy of attention, and they're definitely shown to 285 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:08.359 be the primary drivers for a lot of why somebody 286 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:12.599 has taken seriously, even the opposition that you can't stand, 287 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:15.359 the opposition that gets out there and gets the message 288 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.519 that you think is wrong out there, the you know, 289 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:24.319 the the libtard, you know what, influencers out there who 290 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.799 are talking about stupid things and aggravates you even more 291 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:32.319 when they have millions upon millions of followers. It's not 292 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:35.839 just about jealousy or being a hater. It's about that 293 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.400 amplification and how easy it is to gain a foothold 294 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:48.480 without actually having any substance that would merit that amount 295 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:51.480 of influence. Like you would think the most intelligent and 296 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:57.359 most substantive people who present the best or most accessible information, 297 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:02.359 those individuals would be the most rewarded in our society. 298 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.319 But look it over again, never are they the most rewarded. 299 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:10.400 Never are they the most heard, Never are they the 300 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:15.480 most followed. Never are they the biggest names or recognized 301 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:20.440 sometimes until after they're dead. Even if they are recognized, 302 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:27.720 then they still never have the marketability, you know. I 303 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:31.400 mean he puts it as entertainment over whatever in this thing. 304 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:36.359 But the truth is it is amplified even more in 305 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:41.440 American and indeed Western culture. But I think American culture 306 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.400 sits upon the type the tip top of the pyramid 307 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:50.240 when it comes to this part of the paradigm where 308 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:54.400 the amplification of this paradigm is extreme and of the 309 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:58.920 most narrow and directed energy that it could possibly be 310 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:05.240 in especially modern America. It's not just due to social media, 311 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:09.079 but it is. You know, when you have a cold, 312 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:12.880 it's not just because you're sneezing. It is one of 313 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:17.960 the symptoms. It is one of the enablers, just like 314 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.279 the TV used to be an enabler, but it could 315 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:26.119 have been something else. This ability to communicate ideas instantaneously 316 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.160 into wide audiences could be a tool for many things. 317 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:39.680 But what it is is an extremely deficient, anemic information 318 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:45.039 stream that is easily consumed. You know, why can you 319 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.279 eat six bags of potato chips nowadays? Because there's nothing 320 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.200 to them and you can continuously consume them, and for 321 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:57.359 the paradigms where consumer rates and volumes are of the 322 00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:04.480 utmost paramount important, it'll be rewarded. And you can't say 323 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:08.519 that in the USA and in Western civilization in general. 324 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:12.440 You can be rewarded just for those empty calories that 325 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:16.319 you feed into people's brains. Junk food for the mind 326 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:22.400 is extremely profitable, not just because people are producing crap, 327 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:25.440 but because people are demanding crap. On the other end, 328 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.119 you know, why are there so many terrible TV shows 329 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:34.480 that continue on and on because there's an audience for them, 330 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:39.279 And both things are responsible. The people that want to 331 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:41.160 do the shortcuts do it as cheaply as you know, 332 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:43.559 Like why did reality TV get produced with all this 333 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:48.160 garbage and you know, untalented people onto two reasons. One, 334 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:51.519 on the one end, it was easier, cheaper, and faster 335 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:55.279 produced than anything else. And on the other end, there 336 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:58.640 was a receptive audience that would eat it up no 337 00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:02.599 matter how crappy it was. I mean, we went from 338 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.960 let's tell your whole story over the course of an hour, 339 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:10.119 the clips of people arguing over getting their cars toad 340 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:14.200 and that's all part of the reality TV paradigm. And 341 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:18.119 it was all junk food to educate people about virtually 342 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:23.240 nothing and keep them engaged, and they play these things 343 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:25.519 on you know what used to be called the learning channel, 344 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:29.000 the education channels. A lot of reality TV ended up there. 345 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:31.599 And if you don't believe me, just remember how Honey 346 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:36.200 Booboo was on the learning channel. It did teach you 347 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:38.359 something if you took time to learn it, but most 348 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.720 people didn't. They just wanted to watch the fat little 349 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:49.559 girl say skitties and talk about how she was sassy child. Yeah, 350 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:51.359 that was the thing in America. I mean, you know that, 351 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:54.440 Jerry Springer, a whole bunch of lowest common denominator things. 352 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.759 It shouldn't be a surprise that that's what's rewarded, and 353 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:02.799 it shouldn't be a surprise that that's what makes it 354 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:07.279 real far when that's what people want again, the simple answer, 355 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:10.480 the simple thing to look down on, the simple thing 356 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:15.319 to feel superior even though you are superior over very little. 357 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:21.119 See that's the problem with the hubris of Anil Degrass, 358 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:25.000 Tyson or some of the other partial experts in their fields. 359 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:30.519 Once they recognize that, they start to believe their expertise 360 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:33.440 extends beyond what it is they have taken the time 361 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:36.880 to gain it in and you can't blame them because 362 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.240 in general, most times they will do what sound a 363 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:43.759 lot better and seem a lot better and indeed be 364 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:49.240 a lot better educated. Then you know the majority of 365 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:51.480 those that they will encounter and that will listen to them. 366 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:55.519 But here's the thing to consider. The kid who took 367 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:59.200 a first aid class in the fourth grade has a 368 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:04.319 lot more men knowledge than a whole lot of people, 369 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:08.799 and it's real fresh in their memory. But they may 370 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:13.720 indeed be more informed than the nurse who slept walk 371 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.039 through and figured out how to take tests very well 372 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.960 and didn't retain any of their knowledge. You're confronted by 373 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.279 somebody with a master's degree in nursing and a fourth 374 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:27.240 grade student with first aid training, and you may require 375 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:31.240 treatment for a broken arm. The kid from fourth grade 376 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:35.480 there is going to do better, But it doesn't mean 377 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:40.400 that they can also figure out the complexity of your cancer. 378 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.839 You have to look at this from various angles. Although 379 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:48.319 they might have a clue about how to even treat 380 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:50.960 you know your symptoms. When it comes to the flu 381 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:55.200 or pneumonia, they're not going to help you get it 382 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.960 out of your system. And there's also a lot of 383 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.680 D and C students that are doctors, nurse et cetera, 384 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:04.240 et cetera, pharmacists. You know, don't forget. Not everybody was 385 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.240 an A student. And most of those D and C 386 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:11.160 students don't feel as though they failed because they weren't 387 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:18.799 knowledgeable enough. They're confident. Yeah, so you know, just think 388 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:21.920 about how this plays out when it comes to areas 389 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:27.200 where you expect demand and require expertise beyond your own 390 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:31.880 in some cases, and in some cases you'll find that 391 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:34.440 you may have more than they do just because yeah, 392 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.759 you did read something recently and they haven't read anything 393 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.640 in a long time. Will not look for references, will 394 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:43.920 not begin to explore anything that might have been discovered 395 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:48.599 at any point in time. There are certain universal truths 396 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:53.400 that remain, but one size fits all on human beings 397 00:28:54.319 --> 00:29:01.240 is always a rather difficult paradigm to adopt. Anyway, I 398 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:04.000 present that for your consideration. But a little more on 399 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:08.480 this from the Dunning Kruger effect again from philosophy coded, 400 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:11.319 and then we'll be done for the night. And I'm 401 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:13.680