MyATMPinIs1234

For a long time I have been horrified yet fascinated by the concept of Meta-Cognitive Dissonance (MCD). MCD is the term that I either made up, or heard somewhere, that describes the gap between peoples' intellectual capacity, and their self-perception of those abilities. There is a large body of research indicating that the more incompetent we are, the more we think we are superstars (or at least above average).

We all know these people. It's hard to watch sometimes. But the question is, since they obviously don't know they are the intellectual equivalent of a Jewish basketball player, how can we be sure that we are not one of them?

It's an extra dimension on top of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Not only is our analytical reasoning flawed because of defects and biases in our sensory apparatus, but even if we were able to sense the true nature of something, we might shank the analysis into the rough, but then wander around the middle of the fairway looking for it.

Fortunately, I have devised a test you can self-administer to diagnose MCD. Please answer the following questions:

1) Do you think you are smarter than George W. Bush?
2a) If no, you do not have MCD.
2b) If yes, do you think you could have been a fighter pilot and breeze through Harvard Business School while massively high on cocaine?

If you answer Yes to 2B, further testing will be required. If you answered No to 2B, you are at severe risk of MCD.