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The Ladder of Incompetence

While browsing this year’s list of Ig Nobel awardees (improbable research is so much more fun than the kind that wins Nobels), I stumbled across a quirky little study on The Peter Principle. What’s The Peter Principle? I’m glad you asked. In 1941, a man by the name of Laurence Peter became a teacher. He [...]

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