Humility

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.

—Twelve Virtues of Rationality

Not to be confused with social modesty, or motivated skepticism (aka disconfirmation bias).

Blog posts

• The Proper Use of Humility by Eliezer Yudkowsky

See also

• Modesty