While I might flatter myself that I can recognize an asshole when I see one, the truth is that stealth assholes are real.
PROMPT: Judge of Character
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While I might flatter myself that I can recognize an asshole when I see one, the truth is that stealth assholes are real.
Are you a good judge of character?
I’m good at judging who IS a character, but probably not so much a judge of who HAS character. People are demonstrably overestimative of their ability to draw conclusions about other people’s internal characteristics. (I cite as an example that study about interview subjects asked to hold either warm or cold coffee in the hand they would use to shake interviewer’s hands.) So, I’m probably better than people who think they are good at it, while still not being good at it.