A very stable genius, full of smug confidence, told Jason Selvig of The Good Liars that hammers kill more people than guns, and challenged Selvig to Google. Selvig searched for him on Google and told Very Stable Genius that he was wrong.
The very stable genius refuses to admit that he is wrong, which is a hallmark of the Dunning-Krueger effect, a cognitive bias in which people with low experience mistakenly think they are more aware than they are. This often leads to overconfidence and incorrect decision making.
Hopefully Very Stable Genius doesn’t have access to any hammers.
From the video:
Very stable genius: More people and more crimes have been committed and more people are killed with hammers each year than with weapons. See the facts.
Jason Selvig: I’ll look for him. I don’t think that’s true. In fact.
Very stable genius: That’s right
Jason Selvig: In the United States, though?
Very stable genius: Sir, that’s right. Look at him. You can Google it. It’s true. It’s actually true.
Jason Selvig: So, the number of homicide victims and the weapons used. Okay, number one, s 8,029. Number two, type of firearm is not listed 4,863. Number three knives or cutting tools, personal weapons, fists, legs, then 455 rifles, then blunt objects, bat hammers. 393. Hammers – this statistic is simply wrong.
Very stable genius: Back to your question. The Second Amendment is still my right and it is still important to me.
You have to wonder how many times the very stable genius has presented his false statistics to friends, family, members and strangers. You also have to wonder if he will continue to tell people that hammers kill more people than guns.
At the NRA congress, someone told us that hammers kill more people than weapons. That’s why we looked for the statistics in front of them. pic.twitter.com/ju5R8Pqbvk
– The Good Liars (@TheGoodLiars) May 31, 2022
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