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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

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".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Yea except I know I know everything so I'm built different

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh don't worry, I'm still in that age range, I guess I'll find out how dumb I am in a few years from now. 😅

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don’t get any smarter, just wise enough to know how dumb you are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] can 3 points 2 years ago

If you're lucky

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

smartest people in the US

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

[–] cyanarchy 21 points 2 years ago

Nah, it's just the kids of the wealthiest people and a handful of diversity admissions.