Is a person "modest" if they are very aware that they fail to meet standards of perfection, yet they believe themselves to be better than most other people?
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Replying to @robinhanson
I'd say they're aspiring to "humility" (whether they're successfully humble depends on how well they guard against errors). Successful "modest" performance is when you act lower-status than the status people think you're entitled to, in a way that actually raises your status.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky @robinhanson
In other words, the key threshold for "modesty" is not the average person's status, but much status the average person thinks you have. A billionaire who acts like a millionaire will be called modest; a slave who acts like a peasant will be whipped for arrogance.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky @robinhanson
"look who thinks he's nothing"
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