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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 May 2019

    Paul Graham Retweeted Sebastian Good

    When you combine this mistake with the complementary mistake of underestimating your ability, you get the process that solves new problems.https://twitter.com/sebastiangood/status/1131169564660776960 …

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    Sebastian Good @sebastiangood
    The first step in solving any problem is to dramatically underestimate its difficulty.
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      2. Andy‏ @DeepMatrixCloud 23 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        Did you mean *over*estimating your ability ?

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      1. Animesh Kumar‏ @animeshKmar 23 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        There couldn’t possibly be a better spinoff of the original tweet!

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      1. Vompt‏ @vomptPlatform 23 May 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        As humans, we are programmed to be optimistic and forget when we have failed in the past. Nobody wants the label as a failure but in doing so we tend to overestimate our abilities and then try and find evidence to support our position. Approach every task as it's difficult

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      1.  🌮 David Choi  🇺🇸‏Verified account @DavidChoiMusic 23 May 2019
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      1. Adam Kirk‏ @atomkirk 23 May 2019
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        I think you mean overestimate. If i underestimate my ability, I wont think I can solve it

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      2. Anton Padmasiri‏ @antonpadmasiri 23 May 2019
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        "This is going to be a monumental piece of work" and "surely someone much brighter than I has thought of this" is my wheelhouse. Maybe I should just take the plunge...

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 May 2019
        Replying to @antonpadmasiri

        Whatever it is, you can presumably find out if someone else has thought of it. And if no one has, maybe you're brighter than you think.

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      1. Andy Lee‏ @andylee42 23 May 2019
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        Confidence beats competence every time. I wouldn’t call that a positive.

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      1. Marco Trombetti‏ @marcotrombetti 23 May 2019
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        Being naive is more a quality than a limitation.

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