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Hm, so from the article I could infer that anyone who thinks that they are
incompetent and don't know anything really DOES know what they are talking
about?
I did enjoy the concluding remarks, but I think it could have been summed up even more succinctly:
ignorance is bliss
:)
Rachel
>From: larry elkins <elkinsl_at_flash.net>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: Bribing the SA (Mythos vs Reality)
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:25:24 -0800
>
>Rachel,
>
>Maybe they can't help having their inflated opinion of themselves ;-)
>
>http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html.
>
>An interesting and humorous paper that won an Ig® Nobel Prize with a
>Concluding Remarks section that wraps it up nicely. I have encountered both
>the type of people you describe, and, the type of people the above paper
>describe. I hope I don't fall into either category. But, if I do fall into
>that bottom quartile, and I now have wonder, well, ignorance is bliss ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>L. Elkins
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Carmichael
>Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:31 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
><SNIP>
>The only thing I really hate is someone who is incompetent who tries to
>pass
>him/herself off as an expert.
><SNIP
>
>Rachel
>
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