Jun
25
The Anosognosic's Dilemma
It’s hard to imagine the NYT knew what a coup it was getting when it signed up Erroll Morris to write about, apparently, whatever he wants. Here’s the auspicious beginning of a five-part series about people who lack the information or ability to recognize the limits of what they don’t know, starting with the Dunning-Kruger effect, and rehabilitating that thing Donald Rumsfeld said that one time, which I always thought was uncharacteristically clever.
