No shit, have you seen the way the wealthy have acted for about the last 6,000 years?
While pretty obvious, the headline is basically clickbait that ends up distracting from the more interesting point; this "over confidence" ends up making people from higher social classes seem more qualified for jobs, therefore they interview more succesfully, contributing to the cycle of poverty.
honestly, the upper class of the english aristocracy and those born into wealth twits like boris and rees moggs are the fucking stupidest bunch of foul pricks to ever walk the earth. their bred in sense of superiority is so nauseating it's a miracle how the english haven't beheaded their nobility yet
This problem exists literally everywhere. It's not specific to English people - that's more of a cliche perpetuated by movies and TV shows. I agree with you on Rees Mogg though.
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I think it's more than just media stereotypes that's coloured cornelius' view here. Not to say he's wrong though.
Isn't there material about Trumps shrink or doctor or someone, basically saying that the guy has a pretty much sociopathic degree of self-regard, and believes his life is him wading through a sea of suckers? Topical.
Say it aint so!
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seems around 5600 years ago or so was the last time people lived in an egalitarian manner
I'll take "NO DUH" for $500, Alex.
This is the lie the aristocracy has always told itself to justify being an elite educated class over the great unwashed masses: "We're destined to rule; we're inherently smarter and better, and more deserving."
Sometimes they lose sight of the fact that they need to be worthy of the responsibility they've assigned themselves, and failing to correct that course for too long has explosive consequences.
“Although people may be well meaning, these inequalities will continue to perpetuate if people do not correct for their natural human tendency to conflate impressions of confidence with evidence of ability.”
Dr. Belmi, from the article.
If this behavior is built into our basic social human instincts, how can we change it? This seems far greater an adversary to fight than racism or bigotry. We really are just animals, and fighting this is something that requires a change in our social nature. It seems we still unfortunately live in a world of the survival of the fittest, and those who achieve fitness achieve it by any means, even if that means feigning it with over-confidence. Seems like a pretty successful evolutionary tactic so far.
So nice guys really do finish last?
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