Thanks for the welcome. I was drawn to this fine forum because of a interesting thread created by deedeek on the topic of freshwater deep sand beds. I remained a lurker on this forum, mostly because I completely lack the social skills required by this subculture. So if you will forgive me, I will say what I need to say then quietly slip away. Just one last thing, mosquito larvae is a good source of nutrition, give the tank more time it will soon attract even more wildlife.
http://gagne.homedns.org/~tgagne/contrib/unskilled.html
Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
Justin Kruger and David Dunning
Department of Psychology
Cornell University
Abstract
People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in metacognitive skill, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.
the bittersweet thing is when we get those few new people who actually try and are successful, they only come by the fish area when they're buying dog food. They tell me about their fish, but it isn't as often as it was when they were first starting.