Kevin's Bacon on Nostr: So like, just to be extra clear, this is not to undermine your original point at all. ...

So like, just to be extra clear, this is not to undermine your original point at all. I just like to decouple correlations to reveal the nuance underlying them. Wisdom and intelligence may be correlated, but this is nowhere near a universally applicable thing, especially as observed in midwits who are generally smart enough to convince themselves of bullshit, and the revelation that the smarter you get, the better you are at this, generally. Other influences start to become pretty major past the hump in the bell and that's where the tendency to become aware of biases, limitations, and proper thinking is enough to, on average, effectively counteract the ability to fool oneself

So really, you're exactly right about the general tendency. I just also find it extremely important to highlight that curious, open minded people, and people who take the time to think through the implications of their own uncertainty, exist all over the IQ curve, and those too can achieve self awareness or excellence.