I am probaby one of them.
But I want to talk about a college friend of mine. He is clearly smarter than me. He is a really good guy and I like him a lot. I read some of his college theses and I could not work on such difficult topics. I alwayss had better marks than him though. I read one thesis of him which was really complicated. But I had the feeling he did not dedicate himself to the topic. I would search for an easier topic to understand it fully. And he picked a really difficult topic and got a bad grade because he didn't understand the concept in-depth. And I think he didn't invest that much time and energy into it.
In the end I am also an intellectul nothing burger. But I at least try to do some reading. My knowledge consists mostly of media narratives and mainstream conventional wisdom. I am not a great independent thinker. But if I am really interested in a topic I am willed to read myriads articles about it, think about it excessively and even watch lectures.
I think my friend has a bias. He knows he is pretty smart but because of that he thinks his advices were always always superior. And this annoys me. So I am filing a complaint against my therapist. There are valid reasons against it. But overall the pro arguments are way more convincing for me. I called myriads of times patient cousellors to get the full picture for my specific case. I often heard different opinions. My friend has a strong opinion against filing that complaint. And when I want to explain to him why I disagree with him he replies that he doesn't have the energy or motivation to listen to me. If you have a strong opinion on something, and you want to give someone an advice you should be at least willing to hear the full story. I am lstening to legal experts all the time. And he isn't interested in what they are saying at all. But he is interested in giving me his opinion. There were some tensions because of that.
I consider to buy stocks. And he asked me whether I want to learn from his financial knowledge. The things he told me didn't hear very convincing. I get the feeling he listens to finance Youtubers and not particular good ones. My opinion is investing in a diversed ETF with low costs in a longterm way is the best thing to do. I am not sure whether actually believes the following. But it sounded like he thinks trading was a smart thing to do. I told him I don't think as a layman trading is a smart decision. He disagreed. And well I am not listening to his financial advice. I think some lessons he learned stems from losing money by investing in crypto. He invested 1000 Euro. And lost the half of it. Personally, I am against investing crypto. But his lesson was selling is smart when it looks really bad for your investment. And I think this is exactly a wrong lesson. If he kept invested longterm he would have gained a lot of money with his investment. But this depends of course how your investments look like. But if you are really convinced of an asset you should not panic too fast. And he exaclty did that. It is paradoxically for me that he thinks selling was a smart thing to do. He also argues if he was invest in gold or silver he would immediately sell all of it.
He is still a great guy though. I am also puzzled how such a smart young men can believe in all of that. I think he simply has no dedication for anything. If I had his intellectual capacities I could manage to read way more and to be a way better imposter intellectual.
What do you think?
But I want to talk about a college friend of mine. He is clearly smarter than me. He is a really good guy and I like him a lot. I read some of his college theses and I could not work on such difficult topics. I alwayss had better marks than him though. I read one thesis of him which was really complicated. But I had the feeling he did not dedicate himself to the topic. I would search for an easier topic to understand it fully. And he picked a really difficult topic and got a bad grade because he didn't understand the concept in-depth. And I think he didn't invest that much time and energy into it.
In the end I am also an intellectul nothing burger. But I at least try to do some reading. My knowledge consists mostly of media narratives and mainstream conventional wisdom. I am not a great independent thinker. But if I am really interested in a topic I am willed to read myriads articles about it, think about it excessively and even watch lectures.
I think my friend has a bias. He knows he is pretty smart but because of that he thinks his advices were always always superior. And this annoys me. So I am filing a complaint against my therapist. There are valid reasons against it. But overall the pro arguments are way more convincing for me. I called myriads of times patient cousellors to get the full picture for my specific case. I often heard different opinions. My friend has a strong opinion against filing that complaint. And when I want to explain to him why I disagree with him he replies that he doesn't have the energy or motivation to listen to me. If you have a strong opinion on something, and you want to give someone an advice you should be at least willing to hear the full story. I am lstening to legal experts all the time. And he isn't interested in what they are saying at all. But he is interested in giving me his opinion. There were some tensions because of that.
I consider to buy stocks. And he asked me whether I want to learn from his financial knowledge. The things he told me didn't hear very convincing. I get the feeling he listens to finance Youtubers and not particular good ones. My opinion is investing in a diversed ETF with low costs in a longterm way is the best thing to do. I am not sure whether actually believes the following. But it sounded like he thinks trading was a smart thing to do. I told him I don't think as a layman trading is a smart decision. He disagreed. And well I am not listening to his financial advice. I think some lessons he learned stems from losing money by investing in crypto. He invested 1000 Euro. And lost the half of it. Personally, I am against investing crypto. But his lesson was selling is smart when it looks really bad for your investment. And I think this is exactly a wrong lesson. If he kept invested longterm he would have gained a lot of money with his investment. But this depends of course how your investments look like. But if you are really convinced of an asset you should not panic too fast. And he exaclty did that. It is paradoxically for me that he thinks selling was a smart thing to do. He also argues if he was invest in gold or silver he would immediately sell all of it.
He is still a great guy though. I am also puzzled how such a smart young men can believe in all of that. I think he simply has no dedication for anything. If I had his intellectual capacities I could manage to read way more and to be a way better imposter intellectual.
What do you think?
