I am so dumb, how do I un-dumb myself?

Submitted ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨someacnt_@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I was dumb enough to ask this question to LLM, and ofc I got bland answers like “You are probably not dumb, here’s ABC to improve oneself”…

So sad that I am too dumb to get a job or make friends. I ended up in grad school trying to get a doctorate, as I was so stupid that looking for a job sounded insurmountable. Now, LLM apocalypse is dawning upon us, which manufactures papers faster than we can even follow. Wonder if any of academia would even be left. Imagine my stupidity of not thinking ahead here.

So anyway, how do I cure my dumbness and actually function as a normal person?

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DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Try this book.

“Discover What You Are Best At” by Linda Gale.

It’s a series of self tests you can finish in half a day, and then a list of jobs that use your particular skill set.

I never had a job I liked until I saw what the book suggested for me.

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Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This quote is attributed to Einstein, but I think a lot of quotes falsely are.

Anyway, it goes, “If you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a ladder, it will go through life forever thinking it is dumb.”

You are not dumb. I can tell by the fact that you use words like apocalypse, academia and correctly used the word too, instead of to. You have enough self introspection to realize you are dumb which as pointed out by someone else is a sign of intelligence. You got into grad school. There are other signs. My guess is you might work with people who are exceptional making you think you are dumb, not realizing that a large portion of the general population are waaaay dumber than you. Or your standards are just higher than most and failing to meet these elevated standards makes you feel dumb.

Or maybe you are just looking for compliments. In which, case…I really like those shoes.

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