Dunning Kruger effect

'Obama Is Muslim' -- Poll Says That More People Believe It

Last week, I posted about an "invisible thumb" on the balance beam of human judgment that makes it hard for most people to logically evaluate some kinds of information. It may turn out that our brains are hardwired with more "thumbs" than a drawerful of mittens. Enough to make me wonder how we ever get anything right. Case in point: The persistent belief that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. The Pew Research Center just released the results of a survey taken almost a month ago: "Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is? Is he Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, ...

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