@evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
Post #506530
2026-03-03 17:46 UTC
Reading theory ≠ being highly competent, though. Dunning Kruger states that people with low competence (in specific areas) overestimate themselves, and highly competent people underestimate themselves.
Reading doesnt necessarily make you better at things (though obviously it can help). A community organizer that’s been feeding the hungry for 40 years but has never read a political book will be more competent than someone who’s read hundreds of books but never gone out and done stuff.
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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-03-03 18:06
Both will be less effective than someone that balances both. It isn’t either-or, but both/and.
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@nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-03 23:29
Food pantries and soup kitckens have been feeding the hungry for more than 40 years and yet none of those places brought about political revolution. This is why theory is not negligible.