Fear of being stupid

[BigApplePi]

Is true. Are you trying to say my keys could be with my car? Hadn't thought of that. I will have to ask around where is my car?

Dreams were mentioned somewhere I read today. I've had dreams in the past where I go to get my bike or car and I can't remember where I parked either. If I'm going to have dreams like this, please do not move my vehicles. I need them to get back where I started when I wake up.

 

[Hawkeye]

 

[HDINTP]

Not anymore. I used to have fear of being stupid but then I realized that I am what I am and one thing that helped me a lot during my life I think is that I really do not have a strong need to say the least to compare myself with other people and in the end I do not really care about their opinion on me being stupid or not. Who gave them the right (well they have one) but why should I think that they are right? (true that in the same time we could ask the opposite) but I will choose good things that come my way and so I can easily make conclusion that I have no reason to think I am stupid even thought I do believe that I am infinitely intelligent and in the same time infinitely stupid. I think it makes sense now doesn't it?

 

[Hawkeye]

To be honest, I think it's more damaging thinking you're clever.

 

[HDINTP]

To be honest, I think it's more damaging thinking you're clever.

True. I would rather think neither but it seems to be quite hard...

 

[RaBind]

Don't worry about it man. You are too concerned about how you're perceived. What other people think about you doesn't matter, what matters is what you know you are.

1) You're probably pretty smart, just based on the fact that you even worry about being stupid and are able to critique yourself.
2) Everyone starts out as stupid, that's not what's bad. What's bad is that some people stay stupid willingly for far too long. So really it's embracing ignorance that really get's to people.
3) You can always learn and improve. If you later realize that you said something, which has a lot of faults in it, than use your new insight to improve your knowledge.

I posted a documentary about stupidity on here quite a while ago. It's on this thread.

 

[BigApplePi]

I'm not terribly sure as I haven't taken a poll, but half the time you are behaving above average ... for you. The rest of the time other people are behaving below average half the time ... for them. It is the latter people we have to worry about. I can't decide if I should begin worrying during my above average time or my below average time. Your opinion?

 

[Grayman]

I'm not terribly sure as I haven't taken a poll, but half the time you are behaving above average ... for you. The rest of the time other people are behaving below average half the time ... for them. It is the latter people we have to worry about. I can't decide if I should begin worrying during my above average time or my below average time. Your opinion?

Agreeing or disagreeing with the rules, doesn't matter right now, I'll bite.

Using your rules it would depend on who you hang out with. If you hang out with me, I can tell you that you would never have to worry. I may have to do the worrying though.