The thing about really smart people...

[MrScorpio]

Is that most of them really don't feel as if they have anything to prove.

A fucking moron like Trump will never understand the concept.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Smart people generally say and do smart things

Unlike Trump.

[NightWatcher]

2. You appear to have never read Carl Sagan's "Me is Really Smart and Mamma Said I'm Stable Dammit"

[MrScorpio]

3. "Stable genius" is a real clear sign that he's neither

[JHB]

4. Or that he's Mr. Ed...

...although he can't hide which end he is.

[Bob Loblaw]

9. Nice

[salin]

5. but he's not just smart - he's a genius! Says he.

wapo is on the story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/01/06/trump-boasts-that-hes-like-really-smart-and-a-very-stable-genius-amid-questions-over-his-mental-fitness/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pp-trumptweets-832am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.12df4fcfb163

Dotard can't comprehend that concept.

[handmade34]

6. ...

Dunning and Kruger... "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

[MrScorpio]

7. Excellent observation

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. David Dunning, May 2016: "Trump has served up numerous illustrative examples of the effect"

The problem is, as the professor himself pointed out, that Trump's voters also massively suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect, and don't know enough to spot an incompetent fraud themselves, but think they could:

This syndrome may well be the key to the Trump voter—and perhaps even to the man himself. Trump has served up numerous illustrative examples of the effect as he continues his confident audition to be leader of the free world even as he seems to lack crucial information about the job. In a December debate he appeared ignorant of what the nuclear triad is. Elsewhere, he has mused that Japan and South Korea should develop their own nuclear weapons—casually reversing decades of U.S. foreign policy.

Many commentators have pointed to these confident missteps as products of Trump’s alleged narcissism and egotism. My take would be that it's the other way around. Not seeing the mistakes for what they are allows any potential narcissism and egotism to expand unchecked.

In voters, lack of expertise would be lamentable but perhaps not so worrisome if people had some sense of how imperfect their civic knowledge is. If they did, they could repair it. But the Dunning-Kruger Effect suggests something different. It suggests that some voters, especially those facing significant distress in their life, might like some of what they hear from Trump, but they do not know enough to hold him accountable for the serious gaffes he makes. They fail to recognize those gaffes as missteps.
...
Trump himself also exemplifies this exact pattern, showing how the Dunning-Kruger Effect can lead to what seems an indomitable sense of certainty. All it takes is not knowing the point at which the proper application of a sensible idea turns into malpractice.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-supporters-dunning-kruger-effect-213904

[Guilded Lilly]

12. Bottom line...he is unhinged, extremely dangerous and

Needs removed. Republicans will fight that to the death of our country so that they can continue to corrupt and obliterate everything decent for personal gain and to cover up their treason.

[uponit7771]

16. +1

[blogslut]

8. Stable Smart

[Stuart G]

10. A bit of information about "Mr. Ed"

I think that I read somewhere, that this character "Mr Ed" was based on a movie character in the 50s named Francis the talking Mule. Also, I think that the creator of Francis, was the same one who got Mr. Ed on TV. Don't know for sure, but this information is put out there with no guarantees. I do not claim to be very "smart", just someone who remembers useless information...

[Guilded Lilly]

13. Im old enough to remember that movie!! From...

(Cough cough) late show reruns on TV.
Snork.

[Wounded Bear]

14. I'm pretty sure that Francis did more than one movie...

I suppose they switched to a horse to be more palatable to the general public, after the war and all.

[Guilded Lilly]

15. It was a bit of a franchise for Donald OConnor...

Right around the making of Singing in the Rain (still a favorite!)
I watched the TV show as well, but it wasn’t quite as witty but the phrase “oh, Willllburrrr” still makes me smile.
The donkey these days would be wayyyy too political!