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On January 24 2010 17:24 Murlox wrote:
Interesting thread.
After thinking about it, I believe it revolves around confidence, knowledge and the balance between those two things.
1°) While one doesn't know shit, he still can be very confident. It's easier to make a choice, less options to chose from, or he can just act. That "fake" or "naive" confidence makes him very annoying for the wise.
He can also be more shy, less confident. He doesn't know shit, after all. This humility is easier to accept.
2°) On the other hand, if one does know his shit, you expect him to be confident about it. He's the man, after all. So his display of confidence, supported by his knowledge, is accepted.
But when said person appears not confident, it's also annoying for everyone (him included) because his behavior weakens his words/actions.
Hope it, somehow, makes sense.
Unwarranted confidence and deceptive humility both impede progress.
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You can be confident about certain things and not confident about other. :X That's not unusual!
GL
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theres a wikipedie page of a psychology study on this but the name escapes me...
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You feel confident about your abilities as a gamer but when you have no faith in winning against better people but when you lose to someone you think you should have beat than you blame it on the first excuse that comes to mind but not the fact you were noobier
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I have friends like that.
Its pretty annoying sometimes.
Then you get used to it and don't take anything that guy says seriously.
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there might be another reason not mentioned here:
if you have low self confidence it gets easier to put everyone else down. its sort of a way to manage your low self confidence by falsly raising it.
could also be projection (psychological term)
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You compensate for your low self-esteem and put up a facade to the world. It's not real and cracks easily.
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I'd say you just feel defensive and want to hide your insecurities by acting like you don't have them, which might result in arrogance (though that's a strong word). I'd say to overcome your problem you need to build up your confidence, by acquiring new skills, or performing better on your tasks, or even by figuring out who you are (corny, sorry). Anyways, this blog I read, facingtheworldbook.com, talks about situations like yours and how to overcome them. Maybe the writer can offer you a few tips since he's researched a ton on the subject. Hope this helps 
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I remember something that's describes this, finally found it.
Dunning-Kruger effect
This leads to a perverse result where less competent people will rate their own ability higher than more competent people. It also explains why actual competence may weaken self-confidence because competent individuals falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding.
See also Downing effect and illusory bias/superiority bias/illusory superiority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority
Edit: and here's a part accusing you of being nerd with adjustment problems
A longitudinal study found that self-enhancement biases were associated with poor social skills and psychological maladjustment.
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I don't think the example is really explained so well. You mean that you're over confident in your ability to outsmart your opponent and so you tell yourself it must be macro? This is more an example of taking an easy way out than of over confidence imo, but i guess is still in some way over confidence.
I've only taken one psych course, so someone may correct me here but, as far as i know your brain is extremely complex and it could very easily teach itself into somehow rewarding thoughts that mask your lack of confidence through an illusion like this. Your brain does a lot of predicting rewards and then giving actions higher priority that give it more rewards (through neurotransmitters that are pleasureable)
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
confident people are fully aware of all of their strengths and weaknesses and are okay with them all
insecure people either a. only think about their weaknesses or b. dont acknowledge them at all and only focus on one area where they are confident
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I go into a game thinking "i got this shit"
when I lose I think, "wow i'm fucking terrible."
what category do i fall under?
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wtf drug are you on buddy lol
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