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To unlock the joy of being wrong, we need to detach. I’ve learned that two kinds of detachment are especially useful: detaching your present from your past, and detaching your opinions from your identity.
— Mar 05, 2026 11:34AM
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The Wright brothers were masters at having intense task conflict without relationship conflict. Experiments show that simply framing a dispute as a debate rather than as a disagreement signals that you’re receptive to considering dissenting opinions and changing your mind, which in turn motivates the other person to share more information with you.
— Mar 05, 2026 11:35AM
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We still have a lot to learn when impostor syndrome is beneficial versus when it’s detrimental. When our impostor fears crop up, the usual advice is to ignore them. Give ourselves the benefit of doubt, instead, we may be better off embracing those fears.
— Mar 04, 2026 11:19AM
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When we lack the knowledge and skills to achieve excellence, we sometimes lack the knowledge and skills to jodge the excellence.
— Mar 04, 2026 11:17AM
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The more superior participants thought their knowledge was, the more they overestimated themselves and less interested they were in learning and updating. (Dunning-Kruger effect)
— Mar 04, 2026 11:16AM
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cognitive laziness:
We often prefer the ease of hanging on to old views over the difficulty of grappling with new ones.
— Feb 21, 2026 03:19PM
We often prefer the ease of hanging on to old views over the difficulty of grappling with new ones.

