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Lemon Juice Invisible Robber

Lemon Juice Invisible Robber

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On April 19th 1995, a man named McArthur Wheeler robbed two banks in Pittsburgh with lemon juice on his face as a disguise. Since he knew lemon juice could be used as invisible ink, he was sure it would make his face invisible on the CCTV. He smiled at each camera he saw. When the police inevitably identified Wheeler they turned up to his house and showed him the CCTV footage, Wheeler stared in disbelief. He said to the officers "but I wore the juice." He was arrested and received a multi-year sentence. The robberies directly inspired the research of the Dunning–Kruger effect, which describes that people with little ability in a given field erroneously believe they excel in it.
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На изображении показан кадр с камеры наблюдения, на котором мужчина в тёмной одежде находится за банковской стойкой. Текст рассказывает историю МакАртура Уилера, ограбившего банки с лимонным соком на лице, потому что он считал, что сок сделает его невидимым для камер. Шутка высмеивает чрезмерную уверенность человека в собственной ошибочной идее и связывает этот случай с эффектом Даннинга—Крюгера.

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