all good fren. my initial draft response made me stop and realize that you might be genuinely relaying a study, because at first I was thinking what an asshole, ha. as we know studies can say whatever the commissioner of the study wants, but this study you reference I tend to believe. in reality, many of us (me included) were confident idiots when we were younger so I imagine this type of mentality could be associated with criminals, and those that never grow up, or as we say here "awaken". I mean logically, what criminal goes into perpetrating a crime thinking they are going to get caught?
you're quite welcome. I think it's a great article that really does articulate the dilemma almost perfectly. it's more or less why I find Socrates and the quote (it has variations) attributed to him so profound:
"If I am the wisest man alive, it is for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing"
I take it to mean not that one can't have a strong sense of what the truth may be, but they realize they can never truly KNOW with 100% certainty and they realize their own strongest beliefs are challengeable and could be disproven. also what I consider to be the truest of anons on GAW
all good fren. my initial draft response made me stop and realize that you might be genuinely relaying a study, because at first I was thinking what an asshole, ha. as we know studies can say whatever the commissioner of the study wants, but this study you reference I tend to believe. in reality, many of us (me included) were confident idiots when we were younger so I imagine this type of mentality could be associated with criminals, and those that never grow up, or as we say here "awaken". I mean logically, what criminal goes into perpetrating a crime thinking they are going to get caught?
I read an article that articulates the confident idiot psychology quite well and I think this is it if you want to give it a read: https://psmag.com/social-justice/confident-idiots-92793
you're quite welcome. I think it's a great article that really does articulate the dilemma almost perfectly. it's more or less why I find Socrates and the quote (it has variations) attributed to him so profound:
"If I am the wisest man alive, it is for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing"
I take it to mean not that one can't have a strong sense of what the truth may be, but they realize they can never truly KNOW with 100% certainty and they realize their own strongest beliefs are challengeable and could be disproven. also what I consider to be the truest of anons on GAW