How do you get intellectual humility?

Step 3: Cultivate Intellectual Humility

1. We are overly judgmental hypocrites. “Look to your own faults. / What you have done or left undone. / Overlook the faults of others.”
2. Love conquers hate, and we can choose love. “We are what we think.
3. Be humble, admit your limitations and your ignorance.

How common is self-awareness?

We’ve found that even though most people believe they are self-aware, self-awareness is a truly rare quality: We estimate that only 10\%–15\% of the people we studied actually fit the criteria.

Are intellectuals arrogant?

People are intellectually arrogant when they erroneously evaluate their intellectual capacity higher than warranted (“smarter than average”). This results in the intellectually arrogant person being more closed-minded and biased than the intellectually humble person.

What is cognitive humility?

Intellectual humility can be understood as involving the owning of one’s cognitive limitations, a healthy recognition of one’s intellectual debts to others, and low concern for intellectual domination and certain kinds of social status.

What is your biggest challenge on the path to intellectual humility?

In my reporting on this, I’ve learned there are three main challenges on the path to humility: In order for us to acquire more intellectual humility, we all, even the smartest among us, need to better appreciate our cognitive blind spots. Our minds are more imperfect and imprecise than we’d often like to admit.

How do you spot a genius?

5 Signs You Might Actually Be A Genius

1. You Talk To Yourself. Before you assume those who talk to themselves have lost their marbles, re-evaluate the cause.
2. You Have Social Anxiety.
3. You’re A Chronic Worrier.
4. You Stay Up Late & Get Little Sleep.
5. You Value Daydreaming.

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