Confidence

16 Responses to “Confidence”

1. Another Doug on January 29th, 2009 2:29 am

   Oh man, isn’t that the truth. :p

   (resisting the urge to type “first!” just for fun)

2. Ajay on January 29th, 2009 3:36 am

   Wow! This one rocks me.

3. red on January 29th, 2009 5:18 am

   dude, you make my days!

4. me on January 29th, 2009 6:03 am

   Wish my ex-girlfriend saw that chart…

5. Abe on January 29th, 2009 6:21 am

   Indexed?

6. k on January 29th, 2009 7:15 am

   The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell

   Thanks for illustrating that Doug. You should have it on a t-shirt. The quote was, uh, too cumbersome.

7. ::jubilo::haku:: on January 29th, 2009 8:06 am

   one of the best ever!

8. BarefootMedia on January 29th, 2009 8:40 am

   For me the best part is when intelligence becomes greater than three standard deviations about normal (IQ’s>148) and confidence begins rising quickly. In ordinary terms this is called arrogance, a rather insulting form of confidence.

   And not to blow your ego up too immensely, Doug, but bravo on noticing that phenomena.

9. Erica Gieras on January 29th, 2009 9:11 am

   confidence is overrated. Ill pick intelligence anyday.

   doug you ROCK!!!! sometimes i think you may in fact really be a chicken…You should post your pic to cast away any doubt.

10. Seraphine on January 29th, 2009 9:13 am

    wouldn’t it be ironic if this whole stupid financial mess we’re in was caused by very smart, highly intelligent people?
    who would have thought?

11. Zork on January 29th, 2009 12:41 pm

    Seraphine, that is EXACTLY the case with Wall Street, in fact that’s what Barefoot pointed out too–the slight up-curve at the end of the smart scale where confidence becomes basically sociopathic. You could plot Bernie Madoff somewhere near there, for sure…ppl on that end of the scale are usually a danger to OTHERS whereas fortunately those on the dumb end are often Darwin Award nominees (i.e., usually only a danger to themselves)!

12. Stefan on January 29th, 2009 1:26 pm

    wow.. this is SO true… love it!

13. Noah on January 30th, 2009 9:44 am

    Bertrand Russell resurrected as chickens!

14. Simon on January 31st, 2009 2:13 am

    That is so true and intelligent, although, on a second thought, I have some doubts

    As the great Bertrand Russell wrote: “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt”

15. moop on February 25th, 2009 11:58 am

    this one resembles an earlier one:
    http://www.savagechickens.com/2005/03/chicken-of-greatness.html

16. Jordan on October 20th, 2009 10:17 pm

    I know this is old, but I just wanted to say that this might be my favorite single panel cartoon ever drawn, and I am a big Far Side fan.

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