Pretty much every time I’ve encountered someone who thought they were stupid it was actually one or more of
* tiredness
* fear/anxiety
* genuinely difficult problems
* executive dysfunction
* lack of information
* lack of practice
* lack of training / poor training (topic experts are often not teaching experts)
* negative preconceptions about themself becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
* time pressure

I’m pretty skeptical “stupid” is actually a thing

Screenshot of the following text: 'Aaron used to have a boss named Rock. Rock earned a degree in astrophysics from Cal Tech, but never had a job that used his knowledge of the heavens. When asked if he regretted getting the degree, he replied, "Actually, my degree in astrophysics has proved to be very valuable. Some things in this world are just hard. When I am struggling with something, I sometimes think 'Damn, this is hard for me. I wonder if I am stupid,' and then I remember that I have a degree in astrophysics from Cal Tech; I must not be stupid."'

Attached: 1 image Reminds me of something that has always stuck with me from the book I learned to program with - Aaron Hillegass's "Cocoa Programming for OS X" (I had to dig up the electronic version since my original paper version got tossed when it was updated). Essentially --- Programming is hard, you are not stupid. #programming

Abizer Nasir (@abizern@mastodon.social)
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