IMHO I think kids and people in general not being humbled is the problem...all kids are led to believe they are so special that the world revolves around them
Interesting. There was a study once that suggested a correlation between criminality and very high self-esteem based on nothing. Perhaps a better way to say this is children might benefit from grounding in reality rather than encouraging pursuit of unrealistic measures of worth.
I don't doubt there could be a correlation but is this "study" legit or are you being comical/snide? it comes across as defensive or at least snide. did I need sauce to support that humility is a virtue? how about every deep state swamp creature is a psychopath which feeds off of narcissism, or are we unable to "prove" that?
I'm sorry, I did not mean to sound snide, my communication skills are not great. The study I mentioned was referenced in a book called Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty by Roy Baumeister. Been a while since I read it but part of the premise was the researcher expected to find criminals had low self-esteem but found the opposite, that they thought highly of themselves but without any achievement to back up those beliefs.
I agree that humility is a virtue and there is a lack of humility among many people today that causes many problems. In hindsight, I probably should have phrased the meme differently. I was trying to convey that children could benefit from knowing all people including themselves are valuable to God without needing to seek external validation through extreme measures. My apologies if I offended you.
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?
IMHO I think kids and people in general not being humbled is the problem...all kids are led to believe they are so special that the world revolves around them
Interesting. There was a study once that suggested a correlation between criminality and very high self-esteem based on nothing. Perhaps a better way to say this is children might benefit from grounding in reality rather than encouraging pursuit of unrealistic measures of worth.
I don't doubt there could be a correlation but is this "study" legit or are you being comical/snide? it comes across as defensive or at least snide. did I need sauce to support that humility is a virtue? how about every deep state swamp creature is a psychopath which feeds off of narcissism, or are we unable to "prove" that?
I'm sorry, I did not mean to sound snide, my communication skills are not great. The study I mentioned was referenced in a book called Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty by Roy Baumeister. Been a while since I read it but part of the premise was the researcher expected to find criminals had low self-esteem but found the opposite, that they thought highly of themselves but without any achievement to back up those beliefs.
I agree that humility is a virtue and there is a lack of humility among many people today that causes many problems. In hindsight, I probably should have phrased the meme differently. I was trying to convey that children could benefit from knowing all people including themselves are valuable to God without needing to seek external validation through extreme measures. My apologies if I offended you.
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