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Full armchair conjecture, but if someone has more confidence in their skills than they should, typically that leads them to try things that they otherwise may n

Full armchair conjecture, but if someone has more confidence in their skills than they should, typically that leads them to try things that they otherwise may not have attempted? Seeing failure as a precondition to improvement seems more valuable to me, than the inverse of: I’m not as skilled as I think I am, therefore I will not try XYZ thing. This then is a feedback loop of either slower or “negative” improvement overtime. This goes without saying that for some cases over confidence can be detrimental: I was confident I was a good snow boarder despite going only a few times years back, and decided to start back up going down a blue trail, only to end up needing knee surgery.

giantg2 3y ago
"I’m not as skilled as I think I am, therefore I will not try XYZ thing." Or you try it knowing there is a learning curve and that you will never be great. People can still participate and enjoy things knowing they are only mediocre at that.
- shrimp_emoji 3y ago
  That's me with programming, and it's my favorite pastime regardless. :D
re-thc 3y ago
> but if someone has more confidence in their skills than they should, typically that leads them to try things that they otherwise may not have attempted? Not always. They can also be blinded by the current state of things instead of thinking of new solutions or challenging the status quo. People can be over confident in their code and refuse to write tests or their assumptions based on old knowledge and go down the wrong path...