2. Intellectual transparency - Transparent, vain, or reluctant - Deepstash
2. Intellectual transparency - Transparent, vain, or reluctant

2. Intellectual transparency - Transparent, vain, or reluctant

✅Transparent: Skilled at recognising they’re sometimes in a position to strengthen our perspective by sharing their own.

❌Vain: Pretend to know things they don’t, or to have stronger evidence than they do.

❌Timid: Even when they could help, they keep their thoughts to themselves because they don't trust their knowledge & fear exposing their ignorance. 

❔ How to know: They might lack transparency if fearful of how their ideas will be perceived, or over-eager to please you or others.

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