New episode alert! Today's episode will have you questioning what you think you know about how good you are at stuff. Get out your straight jackets and set up a pillow fort to listen, because afterwards you might be feeling a little crazier than before.

In SPI #11 - Dumber Than We Think?, Adam and Travis explore two oddities of human psychology:

The Dunning-Kruger Effect, which talks about how people deceive themselves regarding how good they are at something. See John Cleese of Monty Python fame give a paraphrase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_zSos8w_I
The Truman Show Delusion, which... is pretty self-explanatory for any Jim Carrey fans... and is the idea that one is being recorded and made into a television show.

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