Are the worst type of people those who think they are both smart and funny, but actually neither?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

[taterguy]

1. No

[Heidi]

2. No, the worst people are those who are intentionally cruel.

Sometimes that takes the form of "I think I'm smart and funny," but more often it takes the form of a more silent, "Look what I can do!"

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. It's the Dunning-Kruger effect...

....Link

[Locrian]

4. thanks

makes a LOT of sense:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

Kruger and Dunning noted a number of previous studies which tend to suggest that in skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" (as Charles Darwin put it).<3> They hypothesized that with a typical skill which humans may possess in greater or lesser degree,

1. Incompetent individuals tend to overestimate their own level of skill.
2. Incompetent individuals fail to recognize genuine skill in others.
3. Incompetent individuals fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy.
4. If they can be trained to substantially improve their own skill level, these individuals can recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill.

[Johonny]

5. You just described every RW caller to a liberal show

[JVS]

6. I think child molesters are worse, but that's just my opinion

[pipi_k]

7. I'll agree and add...

animal abusers.


I'm not a fan of the death penalty, really, but whenever I hear stories about anyone abusing kids or animals, I always wish I could strangle the bastards myself.

[applegrove]

8. I have a bad memory and have lost my sense of humour. Both of these are temporary I hope.

Should I be shot because I still think I have some smarts?