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Jul 24, 2022

"Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves." --William Law

How Do You Know If You Are Actually Humble?

"Despite intellectual humility being the subject of intense scientific study in recent years, there remains debate among scientists on how best to measure it. That debate begins with a basic question: What is intellectual humility? Most scientists agree that being aware of your intellectual limitations and the fallibility of your beliefs is an important part of intellectual humility, but beyond that there isn't a clear consensus. Some argue that intellectual humility ends there, while others suggest that things like how we view others' ideas and how we express our beliefs are components of intellectual humility."