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I second this.

In order to become an appreciated and appreciative generalist one also has to go deep down (at least one) rabbit hole of "specialized" knowledge.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is quite powerful and not only on a small scale of a couple of months but a couple of years, too. I must admit that I experienced the imposter syndrome quite intensely relatively late in my life only after really digging into a particular field (on/off >5 years): the amount of things "known" is truly and shockingly (infinitesimally) small like looking into a void after all that acquired knowledge and skill.

This (humbling) experience makes you a better rounded generalist i.e. team player in being able to connect with the sensitive issue of "horror vacuui" specialists see themselves inevitably confronted at times: What do I know.




Exactly.

A scanner knows enough vocabulary to fool non-experts and thus is susceptible to developing DK. This definitely enforces DK as one of many factors.

I have met several such people. I have expertise in multiple narrow areas, and they couldn’t fool me.

This has, in turn, made me skeptic in all other areas where I do not have expertise. I always have my guards up when I hear someone talk about anything.




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