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Welcome Mohamed. "This place is overwhelmingly full of smart people, and I sometimes feel out of place!" Don't feel out of place. You may just be suffering fr
by Rogerh91 11y ago
Welcome Mohamed.
"This place is overwhelmingly full of smart people, and I sometimes feel out of place!"
Don't feel out of place. You may just be suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
The smartest people for me are those who can drop all pretensions and learn as much as they can. You're well on your way.
- makeset 11y agoThe Dunning-Kruger effect is grossly overestimating one's own skill. I think that's the opposite of what you meant.
- girvo 11y agoThey probably meant Impostor syndrome[0] instead. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
- daragh99 11y agoI have thought about and battled with impostor syndrome a LOT! So much so that I wrote this incredibly long article about it. I hope it's useful. http://www.geekmindfitness.com/mindfulness/how-mindfulness-meditation-stopped-me-feeling-like-a-fake/ http://www.geekmindfitness.com/mindfulness/how-mindfulness-m...
- wwwarsame 11y agoI heard about this effect before....great read. I am absorbing as much as I can!