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AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is a parodox of confidence.
The people most confident in their competence tend to be the least competent in practice.
The Dunning–Kruger effect.
Self-cheerleaders tend to be morons, the most intelligent people by their nature tend to second guess their own abilities. Idiots just stroll through life taking whatever credit they can grab.
“The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.” -Socrates
"Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.’ -Donald Trump
See the difference? By doubting your abilities, you are in smarter company.
sock@lemmy.world 1 year ago
more people oughta read about and pay attention to philosophy shit is actually pretty interesting. if nothing else just to see how predictable the uneducated monkey brain is.
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve always considered the “why” to be the most important question for me.
In our society, the answer is almost always money, which is a means and not an end, and so western culture seems to be miserably grinding itself into the dirt, usually without ever looking up and asking what the deeper point is.
It’s really very tragic to me.
doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Putting the ‘capital’ in Capitalism.