Part one of a five part series on the Dunning-Kruger effect, by Errol Morris.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/
Also note that Oscar winning director Morris's next project is a dark comedy that is a fictionalized version of the founding of Alcor!
Ooh, it's nice to see more details on the lemon juice bank robber. When I first heard about him I thought he was probably schizophrenic. Maybe he was, but the details make it sound like he may indeed have been just really stupid.
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