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This article by Tori DeAngelis from the APA’s Monitor on Psychology, February 2003 issue, touches on an issue near and dear to my heart. I’m curious why we’re so apt overestimate ourselves; and wonder at my own way of dealing with it, which is namely to crush it with a constant anxious fear of failure or, worse, utter obsolescence in light of The Greats. This of course I’m talking about with philosophy, theology, and even psychology. But there are other areas of my life where I am often surprised at how greatly I overestimated my competence. Is it mere, common, human pride, or is there something in the way we interact with others in America a contributing factor (DeAngelis evaluates those who certainly think so).

A good bit of lunchtime reading if you have a moment sometime. See also the Harvard University “Project Implicit.”

This article by Tori DeAngelis from the APA’s Monitor on Psychology, February 2003 issue, touches on an issue near and dear to my heart. I’m curious why we’re so apt overestimate ourselves; and wonder at my own way of dealing with it, which is namely to crush it with a constant anxious fear of failure or, worse, utter obsolescence in light of The Greats. This of course I’m talking about with philosophy, theology, and even psychology. But there are other areas of my life where I am often surprised at how greatly I overestimated my competence. Is it mere, common, human pride, or is there something in the way we interact with others in America a contributing factor (DeAngelis evaluates those who certainly think so).

A good bit of lunchtime reading if you have a moment sometime. See also the Harvard University “Project Implicit.”