Confidence

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1. Confidence
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1.1. Well, I am not so confident about, this whole, being confident, thing.
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1.1.1. Specifically this confidence;"Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities"

  1.1.1.1. Belief? Knowing that we are capable of holding onto wrong assumptions; belief in what?

    1.1.1.1.1. This whole belief in yourself thing, reeks of stubbornness.

      1.1.1.1.1.1. Stick to your held beliefs, no matter what the reason says.

      1.1.1.1.1.2. Stubbornness in your ignorance and not making/keeping room for the fact that you maybe wrong , even if for once in a while. That at least the possibility of being wrong exists.

    1.1.1.1.2. Haven't we been wrong in the past?

      1.1.1.1.2.1. Can't we still be wrong (about many things)?

  1.1.1.2. Freedom from doubt? Is it wrong to be an skeptic?

    1.1.1.2.1. Confidence in our knowledge?

      1.1.1.2.1.1. That what we know is infallible?

      1.1.1.2.1.2. That we ought to stick to the notion that we are capable knowing the ultimate truths, without all the mental pollution (the biases, the fallacies)?

1.1.2. We are told (and expected) to "be confident" (to show/exude confidence), at many situations.

  1.1.2.1. It is one thing for someone to show confidence (the peacock behavior)

    1.1.2.1.1. It is another thing to fall for it

      1.1.2.1.1.1. To look for candidates that have chests thrust out, stiff necks and speak in voice coming from deep down the throat.

        1.1.2.1.1.1.1. The confident soldiers

          1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Give us a task and we shall not question and plunge headlong.

            1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Suitable aren't such folks for the ones who desire these confident soldiers.

      1.1.2.1.1.2. To like and encourage such people, such behaviour

        1.1.2.1.1.2.1. To mistrust, to discourage, to look down upon, the humble folks.

  1.1.2.2. All the confidence building books, talks, seminars. The stuff sells.

    1.1.2.2.1. It feeds on the notion that people with doubt are sick, weak and useless.

      1.1.2.2.1.1. That thinking about your thoughts is a wastage to time,

        1.1.2.2.1.1.1. That one ought to take pride in his mental arrogance, stubbornness.

        1.1.2.2.1.1.2. That an examined life is for the losers, the unsuccessful.

  1.1.2.3. Stick to your guns no matter what.

  1.1.2.4. Not to doubt our mental prowess

    1.1.2.4.1. Black swans do not exist, since we have never encountered one.

    1.1.2.4.2. Not to show hesitancy (by thinking of other possibilities)

    1.1.2.4.3. Not to challenge ourselves with self re-examination

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1.2. What is so degrading about being humble?
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1.2.1. Living with the possibility that we may not be all knowing.

  1.2.1.1. Why is uttering "I don't know for sure" so difficult, so below our dignity?