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Personally I strongly disagree with the author here. A characteristic of intelligent people is that they know their limits, what they know and what they don't,
by andmarios 9y ago
Personally I strongly disagree with the author here.
A characteristic of intelligent people is that they know their limits, what they know and what they don't, how quickly or slowly they can learn a new thing and in general have a pretty good idea about their intelligence and how they might be positioned across other intelligent people they know well.
You can't get far if you can't perceive your limits and limitations. This is also where your modesty should come from; the understanding of your boundaries.
- fredch 9y agoDepends which kind of intelligence. If what you wrote were true, there'd be a lot fewer sanctimonious libertarians with six figure programming jobs.
- psyc 9y agoI believe my potential is unlimited on a long enough timeline, but any practical concrete endeavors or decisions I undertake are bound to be flawed, more or less. For example, I believe I can write an OS. But if you ask me where I think that project would be in a year if I started today and did my best, I would say it would probably be in pretty terrible shape overall, with some parts I'm proud of. And I would keep on working at it.