Delving into knowledge
When you start on a learning path, you may feel confident in learning, but the better you get, the more self-conscious you become of what you can't do or understand. When you delve deeper, you'll find some ideas that get sharpened and others that get more complicated and nuanced. It can cause you to start doubting yourself.
This feeling of self-doubt is a feature of learning and arise from two causes:
- The structure of knowledge and skills
- Social comparisons with experts
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