We Know Less Than We Think

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today on The Gist, our in-house vexilologist Ted Kaye explains what images of ISIS flags tell us about the Islamic State's messaging. Plus, David Dunning of the Dunning-Kruger Effect explains why confident ignorance is incredibly common and increasingly harmful. You can learn more in Dunning's Pacific Standard feature "We Are All Confident Idiots." For the Spiel, The Gist gets a new name. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	It's Friday, November 7th, 2014 from Slate, it's the GIST I might passca.
0:37.6	Mitch McConnell, and listening to a lot of Mitch McConnell lately, got a Mitch McConnell voice in my head.
0:42.4	It's John Stewart's sad turtle voice from the Daily Show.
0:45.6	Well, thanks Jimmy, you can't read it now.
0:50.0	Just gonna go back to work and I'll...
0:53.6	But then, I heard the real Mitch McConnell.
0:56.4	As I said, I'm on a McConnell fast and I'm hearing a different voice.
1:00.4	Can you hear it too? Here's the real Mitch.
1:03.0	When the American people choose to buy the government, I don't think it means they don't want to do anything.
1:08.4	And here's who he reminded me of.
1:11.4	He watches me sometimes on MSMB, but on that he doesn't watch videos and that's part of the program.
1:18.4	So...
1:19.4	Yeah, that's Don I miss. I think Mitch McConnell sounds a little like Don I miss.
1:23.9	Another example of the presumed Senate Majority Leader to be.
1:27.9	It's like waving a red flag in front of a bull to say,
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