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Great piece by Pedro Velazco of the Kokomo Tribune on our son @LCam5. Beyond proud of this kid! @Cameron8874
Former KHS standout Cameron making an impact for EMU | Sports | kokomotribune.com kokomotribune.com/sports/for…
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
Yeats understood human nature.
This paper answers why confident idiots run the world.
Cornell University published a psychological paper that explains every terrible boss, every loud influencer, and every broken corporate hierarchy.
It’s called “Unskilled and Unaware of It.”
they tested participants across logic, grammar, and humor to measure the gap between actual performance and self-perception.
And the results are wild.
participants scoring in the bottom 12th percentile consistently believed they were operating in the 62nd percentile.
they were not lying. they were literally incapable of recognizing their own incompetence.
the paper revealed a brutal paradox:
the exact skills required to master a domain are the exact same skills required to accurately evaluate your own competence in that domain.
if you lack the skill, you inherently lack the cognitive capacity to realize you are failing.
this creates a dangerous systemic loop.
the incompetent are blessed with absolute, blinding certainty. their brain protects them from their own ignorance, allowing them to speak first, demand authority, and never second-guess their decisions.
meanwhile, the actual experts suffer the exact inverse.
top performers in the study consistently underestimated their rank. because a task was easy for them, they falsely assumed it was easy for everyone else.
they hesitate. they obsess over nuance. they assume they have nothing unique to add.
we are biologically wired to confuse confidence with competence.
the loudest person in the room gets promoted, gets funded, and gets the microphone, not because they know what they are doing, but because they are physically incapable of seeing what they don't.
the only defense mechanism is building systems that stop rewarding absolute certainty and start demanding proof of work.
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Attaching this to every debate about the merits of academia from now until the sun burns out
Hey @KirkHerbstreit, is it an embarrassment Miami hasn’t played anyone yet? Or that this is the first good team IU has played? Or that last week was Georgia’s first tough game? Your take against ND’s schedule shows a complete double standard. Do you even think before you speak?
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Amazon Prime is making an adaptation of “Rules of Prey” to be aired some time next year. Here’s what I know so far:
The Lions are on their own 10 with under 8 minutes to play, down 10 points. It’s 2nd and 10 and the play call is an inside run? After several unsuccessful inside runs? And you have St. Brown, LaPorta, Williams, etc.
The O.C. should have to donate his game check to charity.
After reading this excellent piece by @JohnDBrice1 my first thought was:
We canvassed coaches, GMs & agents for the inevitable “Portal Nightmares.” “I came from my (intro) press conference,” a P4 leader told @usatodaysports, “& I had a player waiting on me to talk money.” On Rolexes, planes, contracts & more: usatoday.com/story/sports/nc…
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Jadarian Price's first 3 career carries on outside zone were 3 perfectly executed bend (cutback), bang (intended target line), bounce (wide) reads in that order
He's going to be so dang good in that scheme with his vision and decisiveness
Hey @Seahawks, congrats on the win, now tell your rookie OC to run Jadarian Price A LOT more.
He fell too in love with his packages and didn’t pay enough attention to what was actually happening with his players. 10 carries is just silly.
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Matt Suhey passed away yesterday.
He was my dad’s closest friend. After we lost my dad in 1999, Matt became the biggest father figure I had. When everything felt uncertain, he was there. My dad left him in charge and Matt never let that responsibility sit lightly. He protected our family. He looked after us. He made sure we were okay, year after year, without ever making it about himself.
That is who he was.
Their friendship showed me what real friendship looks like. Not the easy kind. The kind that lasts when the lights go off, when the stadium is empty, when life gets heavy. Brian’s Song told the story of Piccolo and Sayers. Somebody needs to tell the story of 34 and 26. Two men who trusted each other completely. Two men who became brothers.
I know @walterpayton was standing there waiting for him the second he got to heaven. I can see it. That smile. That hug. That reunion they both deserved.
Our family is so thankful for the love he showed us over the years. The Payton family will continue to lift Donna, Joey, Allison, and Scotty up in prayer during this difficult time.
Rest easy, Uncle Matt. We love you. We always will. 🙏🏽🐻⬇️
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I think the @Cubs made a mistake sending Javier Assad back down. Not sure there is a reliever I trust more and it’s costing them games not having him, in my worthless opinion.
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‘We Haven’t Been On A Date In A While,’ Says Wife Who Apparently Doesn’t Remember Yesterday’s Costco Trip buff.ly/gIR1l5D
