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* similar to the Peter principle, but explains why people are promoted ''above'' their competency | * similar to the Peter principle, but explains why people are promoted ''above'' their competency | ||
=== Munchausen syndrome === | |||
* named for the fictional character Baron Munchausen, an absurd adventurer who recounted ridiculous stories, such as riding on a cannonball, with objectivity and detachment | |||
* = a "factititious disorder" in which a person tells exaggerated or dramatic stories with the intent to impress or decieve | |||
* the Munchausen syndrome is also used to express "circular logic," as in the story of Munchausen saving himself from drowning by pulling himself out of the water by his own hair | |||
* in psychology, the "Munchausen Syndrome" is a serious mental health condition in which the patient imagines or feigns illness, injury or other trauma in order to draw attention or garner sympathy | |||
** = similar but not the same as | |||
*** ''hypochondria'', the condition of thinking that one has or hyper-concern about having a disease or medical condition that does not exist | |||
**** thus the joke that, "even hypochondriacs get sick sometimes" | |||
*** ''psychosomatic illness'', an actual illness that has no percievable physical cause or underlying condition | |||
=== Narrative Fallacy === | === Narrative Fallacy === | ||