Yikes.

  • 001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    How the fuck did Harvard students act so stupid and give out their info like that? I thought they were like the smartest people in the US. 🤔

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      1 year ago

      Most Harvard students are still just 18-22 year old “kids”. Think of how dumb/naive you were at that age.

      • Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Try telling that to a 18-22 yr old. You think you know everything at that age. Then you get older and realize no one knows any fucking thing

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          To be fair, when you’re at that age and come into contact with dozens of “adults” that never mentally grew past 12, you’re bound to think you’re “very smart”.

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          There’s a reason second-year students are called sophomores. It’s a compound with the same roots as “sophisticated” and “moron”. It literally means “learned idiot”. It’s referring to the students who have a year of schooling under their belt, and think that they understand everything about the world. It’s basically referring to the Dunning-Krueger Effect, where people who know very little about something are the most likely to overestimate their knowledge on the topic.

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        1 year ago

        As a 21 year old I would be offended but then I remember I just admitted my exact age on the internet

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      1 year ago

      smartest people in the US

      The problem is that that is a very low bar to overcome