DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT

In the field of psychology, this is   popular .This was discovered because of the joint results of study by social psychologists, Justin Kruger and David Dunning .This is a cognitive bias, resulting from internal illusion in people who’ve low ability, and external misconception from people having high ability. It is because of people’s disability to know their own ability. The effect  was first derived in the year 1999, after the incident of 1995.In 1995, on 25th of April McArthur Wheeler, robbed two banks by applying lemon juice on his face. He was actually of the opinion , that the chemical properties  of the lemon juice , would work as an invisible ink.

The phrase, “Fools are blind  to their own foolishness” hold true here. Low cognitive ability combined with self-awareness leads to the overestimation of it’s own capabilities. People  fail to recognize it’s own incompetence,because of the incorrect self assessment done by them. These assessment arise because of people being ignorant  about the basic standards of performance. It’ s like a neurological condition, where a person who is disabled either is unaware or seem to deny his disability.

A day  to day example would be of a student scoring 60 percentile in it’s 10th board exam,yet he claims of have deserved more marks. This is because he is unable to access his own knowledge power, tending to overestimate it’s own power .They are ignorant of the fact that there poor ability led to this. Since, these students are not able to recognize the skills and competence of the students who scored high, they always consider themselves superior to everyone else. The effect may eventually even lead to  affect the people think, and the kind  of decision  it makes.
 

In another study, it has been found that women fear to enter the science competition when compared to men. This  is because the women always end up doubting their own skills, and underestimating themselves. To the extent, that despite of scoring high in exam , they’ll think they lack behind men in logical ability. To prove their point further, these researchers  went on to perform certain experiments. It  was found that around 90 % of people suffering from such effect, agreed to know made up terms related to subjects like physics, biology, and geography.

However, the truth lies in the fact that we all at sometime are susceptible to suffer from these effect. One individual who  may seem to be expert  in one area, cannot  have knowledge in all the other areas. People sometime mistake their expertise to be carried in all other areas as well.

In order to overcome the Dunning-Kruger effect, we should try to gain a realistic assessment of our own abilities. We should be in the habit of continuously learning  and practicing, and try to dig deeper and deeper into the matter. We should  ask other people their feedback , what are there opinions. And, we should keep questioning ourselves. It’s very easy to spot the phenomenon in others, but when it comes to ourselves  it becomes a huge problem. The best way to improve is to understand the causes, and make efforts to overcome them.

World’s largest covid centres built in Delhi; Inaugurated by LG Baijal

New Delhi: World’s largest covid center,10,000-bed named Sardar Patel’s COVID Care Centre and Hospital (SPCCCH) inaugurated today at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur area by LG Baijal.

The COVID care centre in South Delhi is billed as the “largest” of its kind in the world. It is 1,700 feet long, 700 feet wide — roughly the size of 20 football fields — and has 200 enclosures with 50 beds each.

With the guidance and support of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi now become one of the largest COVID-care facilities in the world, which will play a crucial role in the fight against the pandemic, Baijal said.

Superstitions.


Another name of superstition is blind faith. It dies hard and is born out of many circumstances. In our Sanskritic culture, the pundits and scholars set some taboos or inhibitions of human behaviour. Carrying eggs, oils and many such articles during the journey was regarded as inauspicious. Journeys away from home were strictly confined for the seven days of the week. The newly initiated ‘brahmacharis’brahmcharis’were strictly forbidden to see the face of the lower caste men like the scavengers. These strict rules struck root in the households and were especially so because people were illiterate, unenlightened, orthodox and sometimes dominating. Enlightened intellectuals like Vidyasagar, Rammohan Roy tried to axe these evils. Rabindranath Tagore, even as a child defied such taboos at his ‘upanayana’ ceremony. But in spite of such efforts, they survive even today.
These are not based on common sense, to say, the least. There is a basic difference between ‘common sense and common belief. The latter may harbour superstition or may not. It depends upon the degree of enlightenment within society. But common sense has something to do with reason, logic and argument. It is a healthier tradition. Primitive society and culture followed customs, ritual and traditional practices. But today even rustic or illiterate persons are amenable to reason. They are often prepared to give up their blind and obsolete ideas if they are made to see reason in the changed outlook.
The world today has come much closer. In the longer frame, there is the UNO which has been giving invaluable service in spreading the light of knowledge. Today the NGOs have come up and the literacy campaigns are contributing their mite.
Therefore, it is proved that superstition is an outcome of ignorance. It, sometimes, survives even in scholars and learned and educated persons. An internationally reputed Hindu philosopher may staunchly object to his daughter’s marriage with a fine specimen of a boy who belongs to the opposite community. Even today, intercaste marriages are not easily accepted by parents. A person marrying someone of a different religion has to face a lot of huddles and listen to criticism of society. Earlier women were not allowed to get an education. It was believed that only males can go out and work. Females must stay at home and cook. Their sole responsibility was to go look after her children and family. Moreover, every used to expect the delivery of a male child and girls were considered to be unlucky. Sati was a practice where the widow had to burn herself with his dead husband. These are all superstitions that existed years back. When a black cat crosses a road it is still considered to be unlucky and bad. When the world is getting updated it is sad that we are still haunted by these superstitions.
To conclude, superstition is a sequel to fear for the unseen. It seems extremely difficult to erase out from the minds all the considerations of a nameless fear, although it is not an unattainable ideal or objective. Rabindranath Tagore did his devout, though not uncritical, champion Abu Syyeed Auyub.

The force of nostalgia is strong with the remakes

It seems that video game companies are giving us more reasons to stay indoors and stay safe by rebooting/remastering or even completely remaking our favorite video games. Remember the times, when you used to live out your gangster fantasies in Mafia or Saints Row, or run from the Nemesis of Resident Evil 3? Well, get ready to that all over again in your sweet new 4k monitors.

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Resident Evil 2 Remake

The trend of remakes took off in 2019 with the Resident Evil 2 remake, which was a complete overhaul of the 1998 version and the entire game was redone in a new engine from scratch. It received positive reviews from both fans and critics and became one the bestselling games of 2019. Continuing the trend, 2020 has turned out to be the year of video game remakes. Games like Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII are re-made on completely new engines and been given a full makeover. While resident evil 3 received mostly positive reviews, Final Fantasy VII broke sales record. Activision followed suit with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster.

2K and Activision also announced the release of Mafia trilogy with Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven getting a complete makeover and Mafia II getting an HD remaster. People are now eagerly waiting for the remade Mafia (2002), one of the best video games in history. Not only that, Saints Row 3 remaster was released by Deep Silver games on 22th May and has been received well. Fans of Tony Hawk Pro skater can also rejoice as the games being remade with better graphics and a complete new look. The gameplay demo looked amazing and looks like we’re are getting another record braking remake.

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In a year of big AAA releases like Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk 2077, Ghost of Tsushima etc it feels amazing to find out that people are still excited to play these older classics. Apart from that it reintroduces these games to an entire new generation of gamers. Of Course, the video game companies are quite happy to cash in on the nostalgia factor associated with these classic games. Why take the risk of creating something new when they can milk money out of older IP’s. Old is literally gold for them.

Marketing during lockdown : Psychologists can help

Brands were right there with us during the first eight weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.Telling us they cared and proving it. They repurposed factories. Made record donations. Secured employee protections. Set up thoughtful policies for vulnerable populations.People noticed and appreciated it. It was a modern response for modern times.

But quickly, people got sick of coronavirus marketing too. Because it all started to feel like a big bad blur—distant, inauthentic, at times treacly.

Parodies cropped up on YouTube. E-mail “unsubscribes” rolled in. And then brands gagged. Because they didn’t know what to do next.The good news is that psychologists can help. Because psychologists have been studying stress and anxiety for a very long time. So they know how people react to stress. What kinds of messages work, and what messages will be most compelling.

What have psychologists learned? In times of crisis, people don’t want to feel like victims. They don’t want to feel like powerless pawns or even beneficiaries.

Instead, they want to feel like they “have agency,” and they want to “do something about it.” Because “doing something” makes people feel strong and resilient — less like losers, more like winners. All of this is an intuitive response. 

So brands can make meaningful connections with people right now by empowering them. By helping people to “do something.” Which, in turn, will help people feel stronger and more resilient. At the same time, helping people “do something” will engage them in a powerful emotional way.

There’s one more nuance, though, and it’s an important one because research in psychology also tells us there are two totally different ways in. Humans have evolved with two distinct stress response systems — virtually all of us use both, at different times and in different situations — and each system lends itself to a different marketing approach.

On the one hand, there is the fight-or-flight response that we all know about. It’s the response that’s deeply panicked to survive and ready for physical action. As many marketers know, this response is rapidly calmed, then rapidly emboldened, by messages of heroism and honor; it’s no coincidence that “hero messaging” deeply resonated after events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

Some brands are playing in this territory with COVID-19. They’re teasing the verbal and visual language of the battlefield, but their efforts are handicapped here because you can’t explicitly invite people to “fight or run” right now. And audiences are completely done with messages about “everyday heroes.”

On the other hand, there is the lesser-known tend-and-befriend response to stress. Kinder in spirit, but equally bent on evolutionary success.

This response says: Protect offspring and close allies; prove your value. Because this too is a way for people to survive. And it’s this “kinder” response that presents the bigger opportunity for brands.

First, the marketing strategy here is more universally palatable at this juncture: It’s all about giving, sharing, providing and caring. Not a dramatic, dragged-out war.

Second, there’s whitespace ahoy. We may not need more warriors, but we can for sure use more handsewn masks, more neighborhood errand-runners, more community letter-writers, and more general well-wishers.

Third, research shows that “helping people help” actually enables them to better cope with stress. It makes them feel better. So brands that put themselves at the center of “helping people help” will make a strong emotional connection as well.

For marketers who are feeling gagged right now, the opportunity to “help people help” should look like heaven. Many people have a real drive to “do something” right now — in particular, to do something helpful — but their helpfulness drive is largely being thwarted by social distancing and shelter-in-place mandates, and people are feeling powerless.

Brands can insert themselves right at this seam: They can connect people with helping causes; set up helping challenges; make a brand purchase and usage occasions feel like helping acts; and thank people for helping. Helping people feel helpful will tap right into the psyche and secure a foothold of emotional equity, as long as it can be done in an authentic and ownable way.

Who is Happy? 🤔

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Who is Happy?

A WONDERFUL STORY.A Crow was absolutely satisfied in life..But one day he saw a swan. This swan is so white and I am so black, crow thought. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world. He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation.”.The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, “I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors.”.The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the Peacock. Dear Peacock, You are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet..The peacock replied, I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet.But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo..I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere..That’s our problem too..We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad. We don’t value what God has given us. This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness..Value the things God has given us..Learn the secret of being happy and discard the comparison which leads only to unhappiness.

Two most beautiful works of Anglo Saxon poetry.


The Wife’s Lament
The poem well exemplifies the problems besetting the critic of OE poetry. It follows a series of riddles and, like many of them, takes the form of a first-person narrative and is mystifyingly allusive in its plot. The poem is a lamentation; the speaker is in friendless exile, left behind by a lord, betrayed by an intimate companion, tormented by an unfulfilled longing; there is imagery of the deserted, decaying city in an aged world, of death and of the grave, of weeping and of retribution: the language and whole mood of the poem may signal a penitential interpretations. Some of its motifs are available in the Scriptures and apt for this purpose. The theme of betrayal and the lamentation of Zion come together in the Roman liturgy of Holy Week, when reading from this chapter of Lamentations are interspersed with verses including: ‘ My friend betrayed me by the token of a kiss… It were well for him if this man had not been’ and ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, turn back to the lord of your God.’ If this complex of scriptural associations and their orthodox interpretations already existed, ‘Wife’s Lament’ could conceivably be a riddle with the solution ‘Zion, the soul.’ The woman’s exile and betrayal would then suggest historically the alienated state of mankind before the Messiah’s advent, and symbolically the soul of everyman before the realisation of personal redemption; the woman’s longing and her imprecations would suggest Zion’s and the soul’s intuition of a saviour and a judge to come.

A plausible relationship with ‘Husband’s Message’ is established – the message being a token that love has at last come out of longing and the just judgement is at hand. In ‘Wife’s Lament’, the woman whose lord has gone away is ever tormented by anxiety and longing for him, especially as his own kindred are plotting to make the separation permanent. She has few friends still living; it is therefore especially painful that one of them, a man she had treated as her equal and much loved, proves to have concealed murderous intentions beneath a benign demeanour. Her sense of longing for her lord is all the more acute; now that she is betrayed and utterly abandoned in her grave-like den beneath the oak. She wishes upon her false friend such misery as she herself suffers: then he will understand what she has learned from her own experience – the pain of waiting for longing to be relieved by love restored.

The Husband’s Message

The speaker persona– not the ‘husband’ but the instrument of the message– says that the message embodies an immutable covenant by which an ‘ancient vow’, made before a feud intervened and caused the lord to be cast out by his own people, will be honoured. The spouse is called upon to voyage to the lord across the ocean to another country where he rules, where wealth abounds but where earthly treasure will be superseded by the all- sufficient joy of reunion according to the covenant. ‘Husband’s Message’ stands in a larger context than any that can plausibly be found for it in secular legend. Its motis of seafaring towards a ready home in another country would relate to the meaning as well as to the language of the ‘Seafarer’; and its concern with the covenant– tenuously observed in faith and hope through the history of the Old Testament, awaiting the consummation of charity in the age of the New – would be shared with the poems of Junius MS. In so far as the stoic endurance, the hope of retribution and the unceasing longing, of the woman in ‘Wife’s Lament’ may represent faith and hope glimmering in the pre-Messianic age of exile, that poem too would belong in the context established for ‘Husband’s Message’: the message would be that, in answer to the faithful longing, love has called Jerusalem to what is duly hers in heaven by virtue of espousal to Christ.As in ‘Wife’s Lament’ and ‘Seafarer’, the literal level of the poem is vivid, specific and circumstantial, and arguably self-sufficient as a poetic topic, without symbolic interpretation. ‘Husband’s Message’ and ‘Wife’s Lament’ are not adjacent in the codex, but still it is hard to resist considering them in the relationship which their titles suggest. However, ‘Husband’s Message’ is as riddling allusive as ‘Wife’s Lament’.

The King Of Hip Hop

When I say “The King of Hip Hop”, mostly people will understand about whom I am talking about. And yes it is Eminem as professional name but the real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. He is a popular known American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He has several achievements in his whole journey. He was born 17th October, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is also the best selling artists of 21st century. At the age of 14 he began rapping in clubs. He wanted to make his career in music so he quit his school earlier. Within few years he made up his passion in rapping as an hip-hop underground artist.

Here are the some more interesting facts about Eminem:

  1. Bullied- When Eminem was 9 years old, he was bullied in his elementary school and one day his mother came to know about this and she sued the school for not protecting her son properly.
  2. A comic book artist- Before rapping, Eminem real dream was to become a comic book artists. As he was deeply interested in story-telling.
  3. Movie- Eminem was offered a movie that is Elysium and he was interested also but he dropped the offer because he wanted to shoot in his hometown but the film makers refused to shoot in his hometown.
  4. ‘Rap God’- Eminem song “Rap God” is in Guinness Book of World Records for the most words used in one song (1560 words in 6:04 minutes with an average of 4.28 words per second).
  5. A video Gamer- he was once near to the top 30 highest scoring in a video game that is Donkey Kong games in the world. Very few people know about this.
  6. Three people in one- the hip-hop king has three different personalities. One is Slim Shady, second is Eminem and the last one is Marshall Mathers. Eminem as best selling artists, Marshall Mathers as shy or introverted person hidden inside Eminem and the Slim Shady as a guy who is always offensive, in attitude and outrageous due to putting up his controversial opinions or putting people’s backs up.
  7. Slim Shady LP- his first commercial debut reached second spot on Billboard 200. This album made him a celebrated rapper.
  8. Best Original song- His best original song ‘Love Yourself’ won an academy award. He also won with Oscar award. However, he was convinced that he won’t win the award, so he did not attend the event.
  9. “Love Yourself”- it is the first ever rap song that has been not performed on the stage of Oscar after winning it. It is because he wanted to sing the song as it is but the Oscar head wanted to sing in a radio friendly version of this hit song.
  10. Dictionary- he spend his nights in studying dictionary as he wanted to expand his vocabulary for his rhymes.

However, technology helped Eminem to make him as a known artists around the world. He went through all upside downs to make his dream come true. He always wants a feedback from his fans so that he could know what people wants to hear. Although he was known for his controversies still he came up battling with every situation to come up with a famous artist.

“Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, do something about it.”- Eminem

Television’s contribution to society


The interaction between any device or modern amenity and society is the most significant point. So it is with television. It is an audiovisual electronic device of the modern age. It has invested life with a new charm that can never be dismissed summarily as harmful.
To be very plain no scientific thing is in itself harmful except, of course, the lethal weapons. Television today has become a domestic commodity. Almost every house owns it. It is a source of entertainment in hotels, restaurants, deluxe coaches, planes and whatnot. The cinema caters to the taste of people at limited hours and in limited things. But the TV with its far-flung multiple channels has a wild variety of things and programmes to cate.
The chief issue is how to use television. Ours is a permissive society although still in a considerable section of our globe men live primitive lives. It can be proved that the utility of television lies in its proper use otherwise, like Ms.Shelley’s Frankenstein, it harms the master that operates. Take the case of its commercialization in our society. The channels make a reckless display of nude or semi-nude films, crime and paranoic As a result, the colleges and now even the schools and their hostels teem with cases of sexual violence and the society at large has become arey to the interchange of wives and promiscuity. The west which fell a prey to it now confronts the fatal disease called aids. Doubtless, it, more than the cinema is accountable for it., for it administers the person to the mailing millions day in and out. In consequence of the heavy toll of the disease, the counter in. It is again the tv that comes to the rescue. The global investigations, a conference of doctor, findings and remedies are all disseminated to the public through the tv.
Naturally, it is the ultimate analysis that the role of a man that comes foremost. Tv has a powerful educative value quiz contests, merits of proper child care, intelligent programs to create awareness of family control among the illiterate and many other such educative programs are being done through tv take a good effect.
Tv is usually a vicarious means of entertainment. In general, it shuts our mind out. We see through them-religious, secular and vulgar soth our children unconcerned at how it manipulates against our culture. Another powerful aspect asset of tv is its exposure impact. Sidhi bat or Jana Adalat, interviews of defamed politicians with unforgiving critics like Prabhu Chawla, Nalini Singh invariably have a greater impact. Reading of scandals in the newspapers or heading them on radios do not shame the wrongdoers to that extent as when he is conscious that his scandals and sulking replies are being viewed by millions of viewers in his own country as well as abroad.
To cut the story short tv is an indispensable gift of our age. It is alleged that too much of exposure to the screen is likely to damage our dyes. But a controlled use of it and wholesome practices like splashing the eyes with water after seeing the programme would easily set off the little demerit that it has.

Education system in India

India is a rapidly changing country in which inclusive, high-quality education is of utmost importance for its future prosperity. We all understand that education is crucial in shaping our lives , but at the same time it is a major problem for India . Education is the most powerful instrument for reducing poverty and inequality. Education is a force multiplier that enables self-reliance, boosts economic growth by enhancing skills, and improves people’s lives by opening up opportunities for better livelihoods. It is the key to enhance India’s competitiveness in the global economy. Ensuring access to quality education for all, in particular for the poor and rural population, is central to our economic and social development. Education is, understandably, one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future.The existing government institutions are reframing policies to reform the existing education model . Indian Education System has been synonymous with ‘Examinations’, ‘Board Exams’, ‘Entrance Exams’, ‘Marks’, etc.There are different kinds of education system found in India but the most common among the mass is CBSE . But there are still major issues that need to be taken care of such as : 

*Rote learning 

Many activists today who oppose the Indian Education system are of the opinion that the schools teach the students in learning things by-rote and not to understand things through application.We have been advanced in technology with time but have not yet been able to move away from rote learning . IB schools are changing the education system at their level but not all Indian families can afford IB study . Therefore , the schools must be encouraged to introduce conceptual learning which will avoid students to mug up what they are taught and vomit the exact thing in their exam papers . This will enable them to develop better understanding and retain the concepts for future . 

*Evaluation system 

Examinations and assignments are encouraged by them as tools to assess the capability of the students. Whether a child was knowledgeable or not depended on the marks he/she scored.In our education system , marks still play the major role in deciding a child’s future and thus it comes up as a burden for students to get good marks in exam and not focus on their interests and skills side by side . The focus of evaluation should be the class participation of students which will foster many skills in them like communication skills , listening skills , and extra-curricular activities . 

*Equal respect to all the subjects 

It is often said that Science stream tops the stream hierarchy . Subjects like language , communication , etc. Are not given importance and hence neglected . And thus , are pushed towards a subject which parents and school thinks is good for the student . Instead the student must be pushed towards his own interest area and pursue the subject that they like . 

*Better training of educators 

It is known that children are the budding stars of future and teachers play a very important role in shaping the future of the children as teachers are often considered as second parents . Thus , teachers need to be imparted training as to how skillfully they can motivate a child and make changes in their behaviour . 

*Introduction of Technology

Technology can play an important role in addressing the need of an enabling ecosystem with features and facilities like digital content and E-learning, broadcasting classes conducted by experienced teachers, interactive classes through video conferencing, etc. Smart technologies can make learning more inviting and motivate teachers to improve their teaching methods. E-learning has several advantages in a country like India as it allows for the delivery of education or training at an accelerated rate despite geographical distances.Many schools have nowadays introduced the concept of smart learning with the help of smart classes in every classroom but usage of the right technology in the right manner is the need of the hour . Knowledge is not confined only to books , but knowledge is everywhere . Students must be taught about the technology at the right age such that it does not hamper them in their later times . Technology and education should go hand in hand in today’s times . 

*Teaching them why education is important ? 

It is always taught that education is important to become a big and wealthier person but education also teaches us about moral and ethical values , about humanity . 

To conclude , The Government has brought out Draft National Educational Policy 2019 which proposes revision and revamping of all aspects of the education structure, its regulation and governance, to create a new system that is aligned with the aspirational goals of 21st-century education, while remaining consistent with India’s traditions and value systems. The policy seeks to transform India’s higher education system to one of the global best education systems. It is expected to meet the people’s requirement regarding quality education, innovation and research to make this country a knowledge superpower and to attain the level best education system in the world .