It’s not enough to know things. It’s just as important to recognize what doesn’t make sense and to know what you don’t know.
And apparently, both stupidity and expertise will lead people to claim to know things they clearly don’t know. #doomed
The Atir-Rosenzweig-Dunning Effect: When Experts Claim to Know the Unknowable • 2015 Nov 24 • Simon Oxenham • Big Thing
If you’re very, very stupid, how can you possibly realize that you’re very, very stupid?
John Cleese
Pointing out typos and grammatical errors is basically a derailment tactic. If you didn’t understand the text, then ask for clarification, but disqualifying an argument that you clearly understood because it has a typo or grammatical error in it really is kind of assholish.
Study: People Who Point Out Typos Are Jerks • 2016 Mar 30 • Sophie Kleeman • Gizmodo
If You’re House Is Still Available, Send Me an Email: Personality Influences Reactions to Written Errors in Email Messages • 2016 Mar 9 • Julie E. Boland • PLOS One