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Incompetent people who think they are intelligent, but are actually to incompetent to recognize they are are not.

as outlined in the Cornell research named after the professors who discovered it, the Dunning-Kruger Effect..

" incompetent people will:
tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they are exposed to training for that skill."
Michelle Bachman has a severe case of Dunning-Kruger Syndrome. If only we have universal healthcare that poor woman could get help.

I know that Vice President Biden shows signs of Anaphylactic Agnitio, but I dont know if i would go as far as to say he has Dunning-Kruger Syndrome.
by Sirgay Yakspit February 24, 2014
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Anaphylaxis refers to a rapidly developing and serious allergic reaction ; Agnitio is the Latin word for Knowledge.

Refers to people who have an adverse and serious allergic reaction to Knowledge. This can also be found in people with
DunningKruger Sydrome.
The Tea Party protesters were displaying signs of anaphylactic agnitio.

You often witness extreme signs of anaphylactic agnitio during political debates among political party members.
by Sirgay Yakspit February 24, 2014
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