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* ''[[Misfile]]''. Debate continues on whether Rumisiel is genuinely admitting Feigning Intelligence or displaying [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] to maintain his [[The Stoner|image]] in [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=992 this strip]. |
* ''[[Misfile]]''. Debate continues on whether Rumisiel is genuinely admitting Feigning Intelligence or displaying [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] to maintain his [[The Stoner|image]] in [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=992 this strip]. |
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* [http://xkcd.com/451/ This] ''[[xkcd]]'' comic tries to ''quantify'' this, by the time span during which you can get away with faking competence on different topics. |
* [http://xkcd.com/451/ This] ''[[xkcd]]'' comic tries to ''quantify'' this, by the time span during which you can get away with faking competence on different topics. |
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* ''[[The Noob]]'' had "Sir Darkblade Wolfeyes Orcbane Raislin de Urden von Strudel" from a Roleplayers' Guild explaining what "Deus Ex Machina" is [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ |
* ''[[The Noob]]'' had "Sir Darkblade Wolfeyes Orcbane Raislin de Urden von Strudel" from a Roleplayers' Guild explaining what "Deus Ex Machina" is [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/comic/104/ here]. |
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* [http://www.xkcdb.com/?5414 This] ''[[xkcd]]'' chat quote demonstrating what a politician trying to get away with knowing little outside of rehearsed "hot topics" can run into. |
* [http://www.xkcdb.com/?5414 This] ''[[xkcd]]'' chat quote demonstrating what a politician trying to get away with knowing little outside of rehearsed "hot topics" can run into. |
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* ''Clients From Hell'' have a lot of such folk. For example, [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/129564913392/this-story-was-when-i-was-training-in-system this]. [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/117513069141/me-ive-shared-some-files-with-you-via-google Or this]. [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/264965276/internet-expert People] from [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/128558566103/i-provided-website-hosting-for-a-client-and-made marketing] seem to be particularly prone to such an act. And [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/133004049262/while-putting-together-a-flyer-for-a-local-social sometimes] it's hard to tell whether you see an attempt to cover ignorance, evidence of patchy learning or obliviousness in action. |
* ''Clients From Hell'' have a lot of such folk. For example, [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/129564913392/this-story-was-when-i-was-training-in-system this]. [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/117513069141/me-ive-shared-some-files-with-you-via-google Or this]. [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/264965276/internet-expert People] from [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/128558566103/i-provided-website-hosting-for-a-client-and-made marketing] seem to be particularly prone to such an act. And [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/133004049262/while-putting-together-a-flyer-for-a-local-social sometimes] it's hard to tell whether you see an attempt to cover ignorance, evidence of patchy learning or obliviousness in action. |
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* Nassim Nicholas Taleb described the self-important variety of [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|pseudointellectuals]] as ''[https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577 The Intellectual Yet Idiot]''. |
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{{quote| their main skill is capacity to pass exams written by people like them. }} |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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