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Lately, the concept of Dunning-Kruger effect has been bandied around locally. The idea was to embellish their discourse to prove a point. David Dunning and Justin Kruger are two scientists from ...

It may be baffling to some why there are Chinese-Australians who support the One Nation leader despite her long record of anti-Asian and anti-Chinese rhetoric. A few explanations are worth considering ...