Seems like a problem for folks who try to develop their own understandings -- which probably correlates with "being gifted". By contrast, folks who don't feel

Seems like a problem for folks who try to develop their own understandings -- which probably correlates with "being gifted". By contrast, folks who don't feel smart enough to question the established-wisdom, and so just believe that it's probably true for reasons beyond them, wouldn't seem to have the same exposure to doubt. Because, surely, someone smarter than them knows the answers; if anything seems off, it's probably just a misunderstanding of the experts' wisdom. But if you lose your faith in the experts' wisdom, and then struggle in trying to find your own solid answers to big questions -- what do you believe in? How can you feel safe and secure in the world when you're not even sure what the world really is? --- [Obligatory xkcd](https://xkcd.com/2221/ https://xkcd.com/2221/ ): > I feel weird using old software that doesn't know it's being emulated. The existentialist-concern from the alt-text: > I laugh at the software as if I'm 100% confident that it's 2019.