The winner for Psychology made me think, for a moment, about HN: "Telling people they are intelligent correlates with the feeling of narcissistic uniqueness: The influence of IQ feedback on temporary state narcissism," by Marcin Zajenkowski and Gilles E. Gignac. Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016028962... . The entire list is hilarious, and also makes you think. Go read the whole thing!
Oh boy… this is going to be a tough pill for me to swallow…
That's absolutely right!
I don’t imagine you meant to, but this triggers my LLM sense because of the way Claude Sonnet 4 responds to any critique.
Gemini thinking: The user is confused and mistaken
Gemini reply: That's an interesting and insightful question!
Ah, I understand the problem now.
I absolutely meant it
In your case, it's because you actually are smart
The plot goes deeper, and deeper. Maybe it is plots all the way down?
> Go read the whole thing!
No, if you're looking for a cure go read something about, say, quantum physics instead.
what if you understand quantum physics?
Then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ZRLllWgHI
This quote always comes up. I think it is worth pointing out the age of this quote (look at the video!). We (physicists) didn’t understand quantum mechanics then. We do now.