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Revision as of 10:40, 20 May 2009
"To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty."
Not to be confused with social modesty, or motivated skepticism (aka disconfirmation bias)
See also modesty.
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