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Not to be confused with [[social modesty]], or [[motivated skepticism]] (aka [[disconfirmation bias]]). | Not to be confused with [[social modesty]], or [[motivated skepticism]] (aka [[disconfirmation bias]]). | ||
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| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/gq/the_proper_use_of_humility/ The Proper Use of Humility] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Modesty]] | *[[Modesty]] | ||
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[[Category:Positions]] | [[Category:Positions]] | ||
[[Category:Twelve virtues of rationality]] | [[Category:Twelve virtues of rationality]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:29, 7 February 2011
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).
