People who have just taken a driving class are more likely to get into accidents, because now they feel like they have certain skills. A Swedish researcher says the most enlightened approach may be to avoid teaching such skills at all. Instead of training drivers how to negotiate icy conditions, perhaps classes should scare inexperienced students away from driving in winter conditions and leave it at that.
The less we know, the more we know it. David and Tamler talk about the notorious Dunning-Kruger effect, which makes us overconfident in beliefs on topics we're ignorant about and under-confident when we're experts. Plus, we break down an evolutionary psychology article on why poor men and hungry men prefer women with big breasts. Trust us, it's a really bad study. We're sure about it.
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