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passive_fist comments on Is arrogance a symptom of bad intellectual hygeine? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: enfascination 21 March 2015 07:59PM

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Comment author: passive_fist 22 March 2015 11:27:41PM 0 points [-]

You're looking at this the wrong way, I think. Arrogance and humility can be useful instruments in certain situations. As Aquifax is saying, there are social contexts where acting arrogant is useful, but there are also contexts where acting humble is useful as well.