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Not paradoxical. Just ironic.

Yeah, it's almost impressive how all 3 of their conclusions are so off the mark it descends into parody.

This was my first thought.

I'm sure the noble prize awarded to the Dunning and Kruger's work in psychology was just a result of a bunch of imbeciles who didn't realize it was a "bogus meme".

This article was absolute drivel.

I just did some quick googling. It seems they received the Ig-Nobel award, not an actual Nobel prize. This award is a bit strange, I don't fully understand... It's some kind of parody:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize

It's simply there to highlight the wide and wooly range of things being practiced under the umbrella of science. I find it pretty heartening - the world needs research on slug poop and the psychology of sexbots, too.