Are You Intellectually Humble?
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#2"Knowing you are a dumbass is the path to doing a bunch clever shit" - Sun Tzu, 1999
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#3"I, too, am extraordinarily humble."
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#4"I, too, am extraordinarily humble."
You clearly don't get the concept
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#5Does Betteridge's law of headlines apply here?
> Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
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#7EDIT - formatting poetry for Hacker News is tough...
- Humility -
Humility is not letting someone win
or pretending not to care when you lose.
It is not feigned ignorance or polite dishonesty.
Humility is not a trick to gain approval,
nor is it an abdication of your pride.
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Humility is a stand taken to the end
with passion; an opinion that you choose
and live by with conviction and integrity,
but if shown to be in error in part or full,
and that the truth not be on your side...
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you change your mind.
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And furthermore you admit it publicly
and you learn from it internally.
Never let passion to stand up for truth fade.
Don't let desire for becoming right be outweighed
by undeserved pride.
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Sincere pride,
real humility,
true integrity;
they are one and the same.
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The true integrity is tough and admits its errors
Value your sincerity enough to live your values
Only then is real pride obtained
or the admiration of anyone,
whose opinion is worth a damn,
gained.
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#8EDIT - formatting poetry for Hacker News is tough... - Humility - Humility is not letting someone win or pretending not to care when you lose. It is not feigned ignorance or polite dishonesty. Humility is not a trick to gain approval, nor is it an abdication of your pride. --- Humility is a stand taken to the end with passion; an opinion that you choose and live by with conviction and integrity, but if shown to be in…
Strong opinions, loosely held.
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#9Depends. Vigorous debate and experimenting does not come from humility. It comes from conviction. Humility is an end game, you can only reach for it when you accept that you are wrong (at the end of the argument) and likewise, when you win and don’t parade it and acknowledge the merits of the other side.
But during the process, no, there can be no humility. You have to fight.
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#10I’ve noticed in myself and anecdotally in others that a lot of stubbornness in conversation simply comes from the desire for validation. Having someone acknowledge what I’m saying is generally enough to get a conversation moving forward, where ignoring or not responding to my input can cause me to fixate until I recognize what I’m doing and break myself out of it.
But if I feel mild validation, even if it is concluded with a “no”, I’m far more likely to consider myself having reacted “humbly” and more openly during the introspection I am forced to have at 3:45am the following morning.
Maybe this was all a tangential comment, but that’s the thought that was sparked by this post.