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Guy HAS FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK (BETA)@nosilverv• about 3 years ago

People in this app calling themselves “stupid” meaning “temporarily embarrassed world-historical genius”

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

Replying to @nosilverv

@nosilverv Darwin was arguably a world-historical genius and- https://t.co/2aKyoEzDcM

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

"But I am very poorly today, and very stupid and hate everybody and everything." – Charles Darwin, to his friend Charles Lyell https://t.co/3C0G5ffoPL

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@nosilverv I also can’t help but notice that: https://t.co/zIH5Xelglx

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

an interesting pattern I’ve noticed in my DMs is how many people berate themselves for “being stupid” when actually what they need is not intelligence but courage

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Guy HAS FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK (BETA)@nosilverv• about 3 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv a million%. thiel said this too recently: we have a deficit, not of intelligence, but of courage.

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