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And people wonder why society failed to embed the idea of being a blessing to say "I don't know" in llms....

That alone would save so much trouble. We, particularly bad workplaces, have a real fear of not knowing so much so that being confidently wrong is a better position in the whole game.

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That does not match with my, very much anecdotal, experience.

Real subject matter experts are generally very clear about where their expertise ends. Less experienced people, not so much.

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> There's also the fact that there's a lot less social pressure for young people not to look stupid.

Also also they tend to be less financially "tethered" for want of a better word - mortgages, families, children, etc. - which makes it easier for them to be risky (consciously or not) about what/who/where they work on/with.

Probably not likely to be jumping from your stable 9/5 to a startup when you've got your semi-detached with 4 kids.

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The sign of true subject matter expert is someone who has the confidence to say when they don’t know the answer.
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    input(“ask me any question”)
    print(“I don’t know”)
behold, Plato’s PhD level expert on any topic.
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Yes, but that better not be all the time, and around basic questions.
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Sounds more like the sign of just a humble, honest person
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