Tag: dunning-kruger

Blocking Grok and other AI chat apps in the Philippines is a good idea

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 benign0 8 Comments

Given that Filipinos are famously intellectually-stunted as it is, moves by the Philippine government to block Grok (the artificial intelligence (AI) app within X — the social media site formerly known as “Twitter” — should be a welcome development. At the moment, the Philippines is reportedly exploring options around this but under the pretext of…

Education, Society, Tech Talk

Leadership by the “Enlightened Few” is a Farce

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 ChinoF 10 Comments

Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon’s discriminatory statement about who should argue with her is a flagrant display of arrogant elitism in this country. She is a product of the idea that “enlightened” people should lead society. Even I have an old article about who to consider “elite,” where my point was that we should never worship…

Culture, Society

On Liberation Theology and Ivory Tower Mentality

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ChinoF 3 Comments

I went through the liberation theology subject during my last college year at Ateneo (1996-97). We got immersed in an Aeta reservation in Bataan for a few days. It’s an attempt to make us “privileged” students aware of the plight of poorer people in remote areas, with the part-expectation that we would return and try…

Civics, Culture

Those Who want to “save the world” are its Greatest Enemies

April 24, 2018February 25, 2019 ChinoF 2 Comments

Quite the irony, isn’t it? But I mean it: it’s the people who believe they should save the world who are its greatest enemies. I believe that no one carries out wrongdoing like a TV or fictional stock villain, one who rubs his hands together and celebrates aloud the evilness of his deeds. Real people…

Culture, Politics