The Gundam Syndrome (in English) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: eliocor
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 03:03:15 am
content: Here in Italy some people use the term "La sindrome di Gundam/The Gundam syndrome" to speak about:QuoteSome references:http://www.guiott.com/SDGeng.htmlhttps://www.leonardomiliani.com/en/2013/la-sindrome-di-gundam/what is the real term in English?

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 03:40:42 am
content: In English you might say "arrogant ignorance" or cite the"Dunning-Kruger effect"

author: eliocor
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 03:53:19 am
content: Thanks!It was the Dunning-Kruger effect but I didn't remember it!

author: donotdespisethesnake
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 08:12:44 am
content: For real exampleshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14406766

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 02:13:28 pm
content: Quote from: eliocor on October 02, 2018, 03:03:15 amWell that ain't the Dunning-Kruger effect, which many who use the term generally haven't a clue (irony!).https://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2010/07/07/what-the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-and-isnt/

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 04:37:41 pm
content: Quote from: GK on October 02, 2018, 02:13:28 pmSounds like Fontus as they tried to claim around ten times the amount of water in two hours before doing the tests.I bet some marketers who promote these things also believe it.It reminds me of Cat Clark from that Battbump.She didn't understand the low orders of magnitude of milliwatts she would get out of it.She was so ahead of herself and so was Fontus as they seem to be busy travelling all over than testing their idea in-house on paper first.They seem to do it a lot in my area. Achieve too much with too little. They overstate their capabilities to get you on their books and wriggle their way out by claiming ignorance or they simply run away like cowards.This is where honesty is always the best policy and that is why I like this place.

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2018, 06:18:11 pm
content: I´d simply call it enthusiasm if there was no unilateral demanding to have it laid out for them. Forum communities are usually built collaborative, not there to be reaped by someone with detailed definitions of whatworkhe wants from others. Such people do show up from time to time, with varying impact on contributor´s mood to help others. Some just don´t understand that it is a give and take, and even someone with no actual knowledge (without the part at hand... often hardly doable) should provide useful contributions, even if its just linking helpful(!) forum internal search results. That would be one form of upcycling content and increasing information density without the need to bar people at all, like the often asked for IQ test, proof of education, ownership or whatever hoop someone tries to comes up with.Of course a good forum citizen would have searched the usual sources already and communicate findings in the opening post - next to having an answerable, focused question.Because if you expect anyone to fully understand all details beforehand, there would be no questions to discuss and no knowledge to be transferred - that would be a very bad starting point for opening a (forum) community?! In such a case any question could be criticized as having a lack of proper preparation or the whole thing becomes a show and tell - only thing (interesting, but thats what blogs are for: 1:n communication, vs. a n:n communication).And yeah, then there are the hopeless cases that have to learn how to learn in the first place, want to work with proprietary technology or just don´t want to learn.