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Never thought about that, but it sounds on the money and will be the theory I extol going forward as though I came up with it.

I think the theory put forward by @itsbruce about Dunning-Kruger is probably also relevant. I hung out with some properly intelligent people through uni and there is a strange effect whereby being in that intellectually rarefied environment does give people (over-) confidence that whatever comes out of their mouth on any topic is correct just because. I remember having some pretty wanky discussions where we were certain that we'd thrashed out some deep topic to a real conclusion (and, to be fair, probably did more with the available information than many people would be able to) but ignored the value of real practical experience and all the stuff that we didn't know we didn't know. Generally I was hanging out with engineers and scientists who were quite practical and so who had no problem tying their shoelaces, but I can definitely see that the same environment but in a very abstract, theoretical field could leave you completely missing important life skills.

Did anyone summon @General_Lucifer ? He has quite the thing for Ms Bruce.

He's not the only one...

You need to take a long hard look at yourselves!

Don't let Ms Alsopp or Ms Tarbuck see that.

A horrendous crane accident in Bow:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bow-crane-collapse-home-a4492581.html

Bumbling, under-achieving security risk attempts to rise without trace.

😂😂😂

Hahahaha...

Excuse me while I recover...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Unluckiest person of the day:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bow-crane-collapse-home-a4492581.html

You're at home minding your own business and suddenly you're dead. Just like that.

RIP.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/china-great-firewall-descends-hong-kong-internet-users

Does this mean that @ramsaye et al will no longer be able to be on here?

#silverlinings
#joking
#loveyoureally

From the article, “it will take at least a few years”

Soz

Also, I has VPN.

#stuckwithme

Awful.

Reminds me of this.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-51113132

Completely crazy. I missed that story at the time.

One tonne, three kilometers!

RIP June Harvey.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/09/woman-who-died-in-bow-london-crane-collapse-named-as-june-harvey

Get to 85 and then die like this. The poor family.

At 85 I think I'd be OK with that to be fair

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/09/chris-grayling-expected-chair-isc-intelligence-security-committee
Grayling failing upward - more loyalty over competence and an ironic potential job title

Grayling was one of five Conservative MPs announced as members of the nine-person committee on Thursday night. It oversees MI5, MI6 and GCHQ and has the power to release the delayed Russia report, postponed from before the election.

Ah, a useful idiot is needed.

At least it wasn't a 12 year old or something. But yes tragic.

Full unredacted report will be released by accident if Grayling's in charge

Could be what the shadowy They want.

Gove's cabinet office awards no-bid £840k contract to long term associates of his and Cummings to research public opinion about government policies.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/10/firm-with-links-to-gove-and-cummings-given-covid-19-contract-without-open-tender

Scant consolation, don't you think?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bow-crane-collapse-june-harvey-tribute-a4494981.html

It sounds as if she was still fit and active. Her niece especially seems very badly affected.

They just don't give a toss and are seemingly feeling invincible.

It sounds as if she was still fit and active.

But at 85 how long is that likely to last? I'd rather go quickly than lose my marbles in a slow fade away or something