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Welcome Mohamed.

"This place is overwhelmingly full of smart people, and I sometimes feel out of place!"

Don't feel out of place. You may just be suffering from Dunning-Kruger effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

The smartest people for me are those who can drop all pretensions and learn as much as they can. You're well on your way.



The Dunning-Kruger effect is grossly overestimating one's own skill. I think that's the opposite of what you meant.


They probably meant Impostor syndrome[0] instead.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome


I have thought about and battled with impostor syndrome a LOT! So much so that I wrote this incredibly long article about it. I hope it's useful.

http://www.geekmindfitness.com/mindfulness/how-mindfulness-m...


I heard about this effect before....great read. I am absorbing as much as I can!




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