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The Gifted Adult: Self-Knowledge and Self-Esteem

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Re: The Gifted Adult: Self-Knowledge and Self-Esteem

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Brilliant article. Thank you very much for posting it. Without excessive arrogance, I've often had this impostor syndrome, though I didn't have a name for it, as have some of my friends. It's heartening to see this is quite common amongst "gifted" people :-)

Daniel

Re: The Gifted Adult: Self-Knowledge and Self-Esteem

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As long as your comments contribute to the discussion about your submission, the community here is pretty reasonable. Also, they seem to be pretty good about downmodding comments that are unreasonable or otherwise unhelpful - so if you 'step out of line' someone is always happy to let you know.

I nearly spit out my pacifier and fell out of my high chair when I saw PG modded below zero several times in one thread -- about Arc of all things. It seems to be seasonal. Around YC application deadlines, even his offhand comments get praised as fonts of celestial wisdom. So the constituency of the community here tends to whip around randomly like a man in a nude suit riding a dangling firehose, spraying mud and roc…

Yes, all bets are off when it comes to PG here. He has way too many fans that will mod him high simply because it says "by pg".

That being said though, the site is pretty consistent for every other user, although as it grows I've certainly noticed a relaxing in what is considered "off topic".

Re: The Gifted Adult: Self-Knowledge and Self-Esteem

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I nearly spit out my pacifier and fell out of my high chair when I saw PG modded below zero several times in one thread -- about Arc of all things. It seems to be seasonal. Around YC application deadlines, even his offhand comments get praised as fonts of celestial wisdom. So the constituency of the community here tends to whip around randomly like a man in a nude suit riding a dangling firehose, spraying mud and roc…

Yes, all bets are off when it comes to PG here. He has way too many fans that will mod him high simply because it says "by pg". That being said though, the site is pretty consistent for every other user, although as it grows I've certainly noticed a relaxing in what is considered "off topic".

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