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Re:Healthy Self-Doubt by verylittlemeat on Saturday July 11, 2020 @03:00PM (#23804751)
>The people that are exceedingly and amazingly bad at their jobs are often bad because they refuse to learn, because they don't feel they need to.

Humble impostors can "evolve" into arrogant incompetents. If you're praised for something you don't really understand it can lead to all kinds of unpleasant psychological dissonance.

Money + power + embracing that everyone is a fraud who is just "faking it to make it" and you end up with people who are defensively and openly hostile about their knowledge.

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