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> The only strange thing about it is that the smart young people are taking so long to figure it out. I don't think it's so strange. They're smart in their cho
by lapcat 1y ago
> The only strange thing about it is that the smart young people are taking so long to figure it out.
I don't think it's so strange. They're smart in their chosen fields, but intelligence is not wisdom or hard experience. Moreover, intelligence breeds confidence, often overconfidence, the idea that you'll be the one to beat the odds. I suppose the same thing happens to young, talented athletes, for example.
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> Moreover, intelligence breeds confidence, often overconfidence Quite the opposite: intelligence is linked to depression: https://engl105sp2020.web.unc.edu/2020/02/is-there-a-link-between-intelligence-and-depression/ https://engl105sp2020.web.unc.edu/2020/02/is-there-a-link-be...
- lapcat 1y ago1) Mental illness is not the opposite of academic confidence. And graduate school applicants must demonstrate undergraduate academic achievement in order to be accepted, so there is a clear basis for confidence. 2) IQ is pseudoscience. 3) "Karpinski and her team emailed several members of a group named “American Mensa” OMG just stop right there. 4) "The authors of this study could not find a similar group of average intelligence people to utilize as a control group, so they used national data regarding disorders of people with any range of intelligence and assumed overall intelligence would be average." Garbage.