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I'm clever enough to at least know I'm stupid.
by hilbert42 4y ago
I'm clever enough to at least know I'm stupid.
- levinb 4y agoI've always told myself that, "I'm smart enough to know I'm not as smart as I think I am."
- erwincoumans 4y agoIndeed, self-evaluating your smartness precisely seems unlikely: you are more likely more or less smart.
- tartoran 4y agoSay that outloud and often and some people will use it against you.
- parthianshotgun 4y agoI've said that in a job interview, how screwed am I?
- hilbert42 4y agoYou're not. (See my post above.)
- hilbert42 4y agoUsually I don't. The issue is that I so often see people who I reckon are brighter than me who fail to recognize their shortcomings or failures, that is they're not good at self-introspection or avoid doing so. Things I'm reasonably good at are self-awareness and being aware my own limitations (if it were ever claimed that I wasn't much good at anything then no one could justifiably claim those). Being aware of them has often kept me out of trouble.