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Lie Witness News - SXSW Edition

Jimmy Kimmel Live · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyPsychology & human behaviorStand-up & sketch comedy

What it is

A Jimmy Kimmel segment in which interviewers at SXSW ask festival-goers about made-up bands, and many people confidently claim to know and like them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as an illustration of the confident-idiot effect and of people pretending to know things.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The article makes a lot more sense after watching it IMO.”

    Clip that makes the article make more sense

    dlss, 2014-10 · Recommendation · in “We Are All Confident Idiots”

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Topics: lie witness news, comedy, dunning-kruger, late night, social psychology

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