[marginalium]
Against intellectual humility
4 Oct 2024
Against intellectual humility:
This model of the human psyche emphasises our hastiness and hubris. But we are subject to other flaws, too – to cravenness, and self-deception. And when it comes to these other flaws, intellectual humility is prone to function less as a guardrail, and more as an alibi.
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