Re: BOYER FIRED (was "the official FIRE Boyer thread")

[DolFan 316]

OK, white, you are definitely hired!  

Haha, I was going to say the same thing! Methinks white1's protestations might be a sign of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a certain type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge. Some researchers also include in their definition the opposite effect for high performers: their tendency to underestimate their skills.

The Dunning–Kruger effect is usually defined specifically for the self-assessments of people with a low level of competence. Some definitions, though, do not restrict it to the bias of people with low skill, and instead see it as pertaining to false self-evaluations on different skill levels. So it is sometimes claimed to include the reverse effect for people with high skill. On this view, the Dunning–Kruger effect also concerns the tendency of highly skilled people to underestimate their abilities relative to the abilities of others. Arguably, the source of this error is not the self-assessment of one's skills, but an overly positive assessment of the skills of others. This phenomenon has been categorized as a form of the false-consensus effect.

[JMP]

There's a rumor going around that Fangio is going to the Niners after they lose Demeco Ryans. That's the job he wants, supposedly.