>>11034593perceiving yourself as smart is one of the dumbest things you can do. it can lead to self delusion and dogmatism. it is reverse-adhominem when you put yourself on pedestal and think that you are always right because you are "smart".you become authority figure for yourself in almost every aspect of life while ingoring the obvious fact that you can't know everything, you can't even measure your unawareness of your unawareness. this said self delusion can lead you far and far way from truth while making you think you are making progress .Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be.if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road.
