Here's a trick you can try at the next party you
attend: Come up with a completely bogus money term and then ask your financial
expert friend to explain it to you. Chances are he'll make a fool of himself
when he assumes it's a real concept and claims to know all about it. That's
according to new research, which suggests that self-proclaimed experts are more
susceptible to the "illusion of knowledge." In other words, people
who believe they know a lot about a particular topic are more likely to claim
they know about fake concepts related to that topic. This phenomenon, called
"overclaiming," could easily undermine you and work, making you look
like an arrogant idiot or leading you to offer bad advice to others seeking
your expertise. The study, led by Stav Atir, a graduate student at Cornell
University, tested this phenomenon among self-proclaimed experts in fields like
personal finance, biology, and literature. http://www.sott.net/article/299317-The-surprising-danger-of-becoming-an-expert-in-your-field
The
ingress of the Sun into the four cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn are considered among the most important events in mundane astrology.
The Sun moved into Cancer on June 21 and
the chart for the ingress drawn for Ithaca, NY , where the research was
carried out, is shown here. Here the Sun is in the 10th house
conjunct the TNPs Kronos and Hades.
Kronos rules leaders or experts
while Hades stands for mistakes or humiliation.
Kronos is opposite Pluto which is about confronting or testing (Pluto) the knowledge, competency or mastery of
experts (Kronos) [1].
On the
Ascendant [24vi] of the ingress chart is the star Benetnash [27vi], Eta (η)
Ursa Major. The Arabic name for Benetnash is Alkaid, which means "the
leader," perhaps alluding to its tendency to produce self-proclaimed
leaders. Conjoining Benetnash is Zavijava, beta (β) Virgo. Zavijava is of a
passive and submissive character, articulating the blind and naïve followers of
the leader. These are most often innocent naive unquestioning people who get
swayed by the diversionary dramatics of their manipulative leaders and believe
in the miss-information they are being fed [2].
The
Cornell University study was published online in the journal Psychological Science on July 14. Progressing the Cancer ingress to July 14
brings the combination Kronos-Hades-Pluto to the meridian triggering the study
report.
[1] The
Orders of Light; Martha Lang-Wescott (p.97-98)
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