Everyone is incompetent, in one way or another. Psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger supplied scientific evidence that incompetence is bliss, at least for the incompetent person…. So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian. Read it here.
Month: May 2004
Fall Guy / Penguin
Penguins go plop all the time. For an example, look here. (Thanks to Martin Meder for bringing this to our attention.) And of course penguins go pooh all the time. For an example, look here.
Dikshit Jr Hits the Road
The following article appears in the April 24, 2004 issue of the Times of India: Dikshit Jr Hits the Road NEW DELHI: His mother’s son. His introduction? His mother’s five years in Delhi have made the city breathe easy. Basking in the reflected glory of Sheila Dikshit’s second consecutive victory, Sandeep Dikshit, her protege, is […]
Veiled Cancer Risk?
Veiled women are protecting more than their modesty — they are also less prone to nose and throat cancers because their veils screen out viruses, a Canadian doctor was quoted Friday as saying. Professor Kamal Malaker said women in Saudi Arabia, many of whom wear a full face-covering veil, suffered a low rate of the […]