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flexagoontoday at 11:43 AM1 replyview on HN

Are you replying to the wrong comment? The person you're responding to seems to make the same point


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Joel_Mckaytoday at 7:16 PM

Self-reported studies are arguably weaker evidence, but are common in some areas for ethics reasons. In general, if errors are truly random, than they will cancel out over larger/frequent population samples.

The study conclusion inferred the skills needed to be effective at some task, are the same skills needed to correctly evaluate if you are actually proficient at the same tasks.

Or put another way, the <5% population of narcissists by their nature become evasive when their egos are perceived as threatened. Thus, often will pose a challenge in a team setting, as compulsive lying or LLM turd-polishing is orthogonal to most real world tasks.

People are not as unique as they like to believe, and spotting problems is trivial after you meet around 3000 people. Best to avoid the nonsense, and get outside to enjoy life. Have a great day =3