Humans prefer cockiness to expertise


	Humans prefer cockiness to expertise

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8-15-2009 4:51 PM

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8-15-2009 6:17 PM

chestnut501

Hey Sweetcheeks, I got both.

( Is this something like what you mean?)

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8a6a275b-d962-40a3-92dd-17eb78a1c7e5/59235097-7B8E-4F4C-9FDD-9DE6A4330E60/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/82D834EA-ED4C-4484-8C8C-1371C2F6E8C7" alt="The self-confidence of media pundits like Jim Cramer can have a big influence on us (Image: Marion Curtis / Rex Features)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html"><P class="infuse">EVER wondered why the pundits who failed to predict the current economic crisis are still being paid for their opinions? It's a consequence of the way human psychology works in a free market, according to a study of how people's self-confidence affects the way others respond to their advice.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html"><P class="infuse">There are times, however, when this link breaks down. With complex but politicised subjects such as <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/climate-change" alt="global warming" omd="zodJump('http://widgets.zibb.com/images/_jump.gif?tag=InfusionJS&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Ftopic%2Fclimate-change&gsid=global warming&entitytypeid=kw&lid=http://www.newscientist.com/topic/climate-change&title=global%20warming&intref=infusion&variantName=global%20warming&zodid=96')" class="infusionLink">global warming</A>, for example, scientific experts who stress uncertainties lose out to activists or lobbyists with a more emphatic message.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500-humans-prefer-cockiness-to-expertise.html"><P class="infuse">So if honest advice risks being ignored, what is a responsible scientific adviser to do? "It's an excellent question, and I'm not sure that I have a great answer," says Moore.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59235097-7B8E-4F4C-9FDD-9DE6A4330E60/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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