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Really insightful, thank you. I'm struck by this: > Worship your intellect, being seen as smart-you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge o
by rabidrat 8y ago
Really insightful, thank you. I'm struck by this:
> Worship your intellect, being seen as smart-you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.
which suggests that Imposter Syndrome is a result of "worshipping" intellect, particularly our own individual intelligence. We spend many days judging interview candidates for their intelligence (even when it is not clear that anything more than adequate intelligence is needed for quality, lasting work), and then wonder why we are so afraid that we feel like imposters.
- Taylor_OD 8y agoOof. I listen to this essay regularly but this part has never stuck out to me in particular before.
- Nasrudith 8y agoI think imposter syndrome is something completely different - a result of answers begetting more unanswerable questions and the "hard" not feeling significant anymore. Thus it becomes "Anyone who can do N dimensional vector calculus can do what I do but I can't even come up with a way to unify physics or prove or disprove P = NP, I'm a failure and a fraud." Even though there are say only 5 people in the world capable of rederiving his work in a year. The runaway progression is the same however. That happens in some cases with eating disorders - even when ribs are showing and they weigh under 100lbs they are convinced they are fat.