Stupid is relative, but if you used “anecdotal” and “multifaceted” correctly and on your own, I’d be surprised if you’re in the bottom third of human intellect. You may be making a different, more specific kind of cognitive error.
“Dumber than the average LessWrong poster” is, according to surveys, potentially still pretty smart.
It sounds to me like some sort of… intellectual dysphoia? Not unlike someone in the throes of bulimia; who despite evidence to the contrary, can not see themselves as thin enough.
To the OP, I don’t think that is a hypothesis that you can dismiss. Aliefs are pernicious. All we can really do is work with the brain we have. It took me a bit to accept ADHD as a mental disability. Once I made the flip, I was better able to set realistic expectations, and request accommodations and use my tools as mental prosthesis. A lot less negative self-talk.
Stupid is relative, but if you used “anecdotal” and “multifaceted” correctly and on your own, I’d be surprised if you’re in the bottom third of human intellect. You may be making a different, more specific kind of cognitive error.
“Dumber than the average LessWrong poster” is, according to surveys, potentially still pretty smart.
I came here to post a similar comment. I find it hard to believe that the person who wrote this post is “stupid”.
It sounds to me like some sort of… intellectual dysphoia? Not unlike someone in the throes of bulimia; who despite evidence to the contrary, can not see themselves as thin enough.
To the OP, I don’t think that is a hypothesis that you can dismiss. Aliefs are pernicious. All we can really do is work with the brain we have. It took me a bit to accept ADHD as a mental disability. Once I made the flip, I was better able to set realistic expectations, and request accommodations and use my tools as mental prosthesis. A lot less negative self-talk.
It really is okay to be good enough.