ThrustVectoring comments on Trivers on Self-Deception - LessWrong

33 Post author: Yvain 12 July 2011 09:04PM

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 31 May 2013 03:34:30PM 3 points [-]

because on some level I suspected that I'm not actually very smart

Every smart person has this tendency, really. From the inside, being smart doesn't feel like there's anything different about you. It just feels like intellectual tasks are easier. There's easy way to feel how hard it is for a not-smart person to learn or do something.