Two more: irrationality and magical thinking
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being the guy who reads primary sources
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Thats not generally viewed as negative. In fact it’s admired as conscientious scholarship

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Being cynical and pessimistic enough to conduct thorough adversarial thinking and risk modeling on your plans and ambitions- actually works to your advantage if you’re in certain fields (finance, defense, risk management, security, etc)
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Being pedantic. In many discussions/disagreements it's very helpful to precisely define terms. Sometimes you are drilling down for no reason, but often you hit things if people don't get to fed up during the process.
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Laziness
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Childlike enthusiasm for even not-so-useful things, with innocence/naivete - this cannot be cultivated or adopted, only retained if you are already blessed/cursed with it
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That’s not generally viewed as a negative. Occasionally tiresome if taken too far, but not negative.
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Submissiveness!
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