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The Dunder-Mifflin effect on believers and non-believers. (Original Post) Voltaire2 Oct 2019 OP
I strongly disagree. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #1
Religious trivia hurl Oct 2019 #2
Here's the link to the earlier discussion Bretton Garcia Oct 2019 #3
Even a President of a large country such as the US? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #4
Exactly Bretton Garcia Oct 2019 #6
Good one. Permanut Oct 2019 #5

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
1. I strongly disagree.
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 06:50 PM
Oct 2019

Informed posters know that this is merely a subset of the well known Mifflin-Dunder effect.

Bretton Garcia

(970 posts)
3. Here's the link to the earlier discussion
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 06:19 AM
Oct 2019
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218318989

We might suppose a possible corollary of the effect: the Peter Principle. People who do well in smaller jobs, are promoted to bigger, different jobs, for which they have no competence.

Can happen to anyone, to be sure.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
4. Even a President of a large country such as the US?
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 12:59 PM
Oct 2019

What about the Trump principle, where an incompetent buffoon uses his family money to promote the idea that he is a genius?

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