Thank all you for thinking about question

[Dennis Baron]

> If=20
> people still believed in a competence/performance distinction, this
> would be=
>  a=20
> very good example of the difference, it seems to me.
>
>

Of course, since the movie example is scripted and edited, I'm assuming
it's less likely to be performance error.

Dennis

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