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What Sean Carroll thinks about humility

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Theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy, host of the Mindscape podcast and author of Something Deeply Hidden.

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2 dated positions, 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Sean Carroll has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingAssuming you are a typical observer in the universe is not humility but a hilariously presumptuous claim that typical observers are like you.

    Their wordsBut then you draw some conclusions from this, and what you end up realizing is you’ve been hilariously presumptuous because by saying, “I’m a typical observer in the universe,” you’re saying, “Typical observers in the universe are like me,” and that is completely unjustified by anything.

    ↗Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428youtube.com 9th of 20 in this recording

  3. Our readingWhen somebody accuses you of being arrogant about an idea, almost all they ever mean is that they disagree with you.

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    Their wordsYeah, it is interesting because, when people react against you by saying you are being arrogant about this, 99.999% of the time, all they mean is I disagree. That’s all they really mean, right?

    ↗Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428youtube.com 18th of 20 in this recording