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Characters who are merely Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance are very different from characters such as a [[Ted Baxter]] or a [[Heteronormative Crusader]]. While a Ted Baxter is narcissistically full of himself and a Heteronormative Crusader is self-righteously narrow-minded, an Ignorant character is merely naive and doesn't know any better. While ultimately innocent, he might still be a villain — often one who is tricked by smarter villains, and thus relatively easy for the heroes to turn against their master by using their [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|incomprehensible]] yet efficient [[The Power of Friendship|powers]]. Compare [[Outside Context Villain]], who [[Flaw Exploitation|exploits]] ignorance of even his ''potential'' existence. |
Characters who are merely Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance are very different from characters such as a [[Ted Baxter]] or a [[Heteronormative Crusader]]. While a Ted Baxter is narcissistically full of himself and a Heteronormative Crusader is self-righteously narrow-minded, an Ignorant character is merely naive and doesn't know any better. While ultimately innocent, he might still be a villain — often one who is tricked by smarter villains, and thus relatively easy for the heroes to turn against their master by using their [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|incomprehensible]] yet efficient [[The Power of Friendship|powers]]. Compare [[Outside Context Villain]], who [[Flaw Exploitation|exploits]] ignorance of even his ''potential'' existence. |
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As [[That Other Wiki]] can tell you, in [[Real Life]] Psychology it's known as [ |
As [[That Other Wiki]] can tell you, in [[Real Life]] Psychology it's known as [[wikipedia:Illusory superiority|illusory superiority]]. |
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See also [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]. |
See also [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]. |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* [[wikipedia:Emperor Norton|His Imperial Majesty Norton I, Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico]] was one of these... or [[Obfuscating Insanity|pretended to be]]. Norton was beloved by most of his "subjects". They even used his currency! |
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* Known amongst psychologists as part of the [ |
* Known amongst psychologists as part of the [[wikipedia:Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger effect|Dunning–Kruger effect]]. |
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* Most definitely a [[Truth in Television]]. As pointed out above with the Dunning-Kruger Effect, the less you know on a subject, the more you ''think'' you know. |
* Most definitely a [[Truth in Television]]. As pointed out above with the Dunning-Kruger Effect, the less you know on a subject, the more you ''think'' you know. |
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