Articulate and Incompetent

Re:Articulate and Incompetent by biorach on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:14PM (#30039842)

> a major problem we are seeing unfold in real time is that some influential, very high-IQ people often have limited awareness of exactly where their circle of competence ends.

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Re:Articulate and Incompetent by happytoexplain on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:26PM (#30039967)

As far as I can tell, this is nearly everybody's biggest flaw, high IQ or no. I think we just relish the chance to point out a "smart" person's limits more.

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Re:Articulate and Incompetent by V_Terranova_Jr on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:44PM (#30040145)

Well, there does seem to be a special Silicon Valley version of this where people get incredibly wealthy from their software/web businesses and conclude all they need to do is get into <some other radically-different field> and they'll get that "figured out" just as easily. It's a unique kind of hubris that doesn't usually pan out.

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Re:Articulate and Incompetent by DarylZero on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:33PM (#30043369)

If you are the best pro basketball player of all time then you should also be at least among the best pro baseball players too.

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