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Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident
Date 2019-01-14 17:10 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <ga3u4uFdcn0U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2019-01-14, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> On 14/01/2019 02:12, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2019-01-13, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>> On 13/01/2019 23:05, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2019-01-13, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 13/01/2019 22:04, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>> On 2019-01-13, Ed Norton <norton@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 12:52:33 -0500, David B. wrote
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You may have witnessed this scene at work, while socializing with
>>>>>>>> friends or over a holiday dinner with extended family: Someone who has
>>>>>>>> very little knowledge in a subject claims to know a lot. That person
>>>>>>>> might even boast about being an expert.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (snip)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Put simply, incompetent people think they know more than they really do,
>>>>>>>> and they tend to be more boastful about it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You seem to know a lot about this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *mic drop*
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Smile all you want. You show you think you know more than you do every
>>>> time you post here.
>>>
>>> I'm a USER, not a techie!
>> 
>> You are the Dunning-Kruger effect exemplified.
>
> Seems I'm a bit like YOU then! ;-)

Dream on. You're more like the other resident troll, "arden".

>>>>> *DO* you know why my iMac will not start in Safe Boot mode?
>>>>
>>>> User error. You're changing the subject, though. Don't make the mistake
>>>> of thinking that isn't noticed.
>>>
>>> I *expect* such things will be noticed!
>> 
>> Noticed and rejected. Stay on topic.
>
> It's OK for you not to know the answer. The Apple support staff don't 
> know either!

I've owned and worked with many, many Macs, and have *never* been unable
to boot into single user mode. The problem you are having is almost
certainly caused by user error. That Apple Support gave up on you could
simply be due to your sheer ineptitude.

-- 
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JR

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Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 17:52 +0000
  Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Ed Norton <norton@nowhere.com> - 2019-01-13 13:42 -0500
    Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2019-01-13 19:48 +0000
    Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 19:52 +0000
      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-13 11:55 -0800
    Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-13 22:04 +0000
      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 22:19 +0000
        Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 22:33 +0000
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2019-01-13 23:53 +0100
            Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2019-01-13 18:10 -0500
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 22:54 +0000
        Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-13 23:05 +0000
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 23:23 +0000
            Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-13 18:27 -0500
              Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 23:32 +0000
            Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 02:12 +0000
              Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 07:46 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 17:10 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 12:57 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 20:16 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 01:28 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 20:41 -0500
        Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-01-13 19:59 -0500
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 02:22 +0000
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 07:43 +0000
            Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 17:09 +0000
              Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-01-14 14:28 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 19:58 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-14 20:19 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 20:24 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 00:28 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 11:37 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 15:50 +0000
                It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 17:29 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 17:53 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 23:38 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-15 19:18 -0500
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-16 08:16 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2019-01-16 09:43 -0600
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-17 20:07 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.inwalid> - 2019-01-17 20:34 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2019-01-17 20:51 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-17 16:05 -0500
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.inwalid> - 2019-01-17 21:08 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2019-01-17 21:15 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.inwalid> - 2019-01-17 21:46 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2019-01-18 13:18 -0600
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 19:26 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-18 12:41 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 20:59 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-01 10:46 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-01 08:44 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-01 20:11 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-01 18:36 -0500
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2019-02-01 15:48 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-01 23:53 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2019-02-01 20:09 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-03 11:47 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-03 20:00 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-03 15:32 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-04 01:02 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-03 17:30 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-04 18:04 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Ed Norton <norton@nowhere.com> - 2019-02-04 13:19 -0500
                TROLL post "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2019-02-04 22:47 +0000
                Re: TROLL post Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-04 19:24 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-02-04 16:31 -0800
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 00:44 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.inwalid> - 2019-01-18 01:25 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 01:40 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-16 00:23 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-16 08:11 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-15 12:55 -0500
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 18:29 +0000
                Re: It's easy - when you know how! (was - Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-15 13:31 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 12:21 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2019-01-15 12:35 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 12:54 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2019-01-15 13:00 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 13:32 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 13:41 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-15 09:47 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 17:33 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 15:53 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 17:36 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 17:42 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 19:07 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 15:51 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 17:41 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-15 17:46 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-15 19:11 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 17:10 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 23:09 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 18:27 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-01-14 18:09 -0500
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-14 23:25 +0000
                Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 18:28 -0500
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    Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 21:57 +0000
      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 22:15 +0000
        Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-13 23:02 +0000
      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2019-01-13 17:54 -0500
        Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-13 23:05 +0000
          Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2019-01-13 18:13 -0500
  Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2019-01-13 21:29 +0000
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      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Ed Norton <norton@nowhere.com> - 2019-01-14 11:16 -0500
      Re: Here's The Scientific Reason Incompetent People Are Often So Confident Bob Campbell <none@none.none> - 2019-01-15 10:03 -0500
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