Originally Posted by
Connal
I guess what I am saying... is that the "confidence" itself can sometimes be an issue for people that live their life with rational/proof based way of thinking.
Kind of a bad example, because of its based on a character, but it is an actual personality type.... especially with people in communities like this...
The "Spock or Data" way of looking at everything through a lens of logic. Where confidence is almost never "certain", but rather a percent of probability of you being right.
I work for an electronics giant, work with software engineers... you rarely, if ever, hear anyone give any certainty in anything they say, email, or just talking during lunch. It is all uncertain, projected, based on best estimates....etc... I actually feel better knowing the true level of confidence, than the normal display from people that do not work with machines... because I end up second guessing everything they say.