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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 14, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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Never read Blink, but it sounds pretty typical.

It seems like the conventional understanding these days is that being a "charming Chad" is a central part of most jobs, medicine particularly, rather than an optional extra distinguishable from "competence". (As famously expressed by Zunger, and frequently discussed in relation to House previously.) Don't feel like arguing it myself, though.

Thanks for the article link; I read it and passed it on. I had this one in the draft of my reply to non_radical_centrist:

Should we stop believing Malcolm Gladwell? - Knight Science Journalism @MIT (archive)

It's conceivable that I meant to suggest it to you as either being or having a link to the one that you were remembering.