Did you ever legitimately think that you were dumb?

[Extraterrestrial1999]

No

Yes

[ALPHABLACK]

Yes getting married was a dumb thing that I have done all my life I depended on my survival instinct but that time I over looked it

My marriage was arranged I know most of you people don't even know what the hellhound shit that means

Anyways now she has filed a fake police case and I am going to courts but soon i will give her divorce and build a wall around me so high that not even God himself can come in

[Adam1978]

No I a felt dumb a few times but never thought I was dumb.

[dustybiker]

No. There is always a way to everything. You just have to find it. It’s fine to be frustrated with self if you find something difficult. But nothing is impossible.

[Anonymous]

If under educated is the same as dumb, then I still am.

[AndrésC64]

I don't think uneducated and dumb are the same thing. Uneducated is simply ignorant in the most basic sense. There are countless things that I'm ignorant of, that doesn't necessarily make me dumb.

[Opinion Owner]

@AndrésC64 Ah, well I'm glad you think so. I feel like I can come off as dumb because my schooling was so awful, there's so many things that are basic knowledge to others that I just know nothing about. I don't think I'm stupid, but it makes me self conscious that people will likely still see me that way.

[AndrésC64]

Don't worry about it. I'm sure there are tons of things that you know that other people don't know. Nobody knows everything.

[Opinion Owner]

@AndrésC64 Thank you. There are a few things I know a lot about, but there sure is a lot I still have to learn.

[AndrésC64]

Welcome to the club!

[NathanDavis]

no, I am not dumb at all...

however I've done very dumb things, and even stupid things... lol

[Daviddd5412]

I used to think I was smart but now I'm starting to think I'm actually dumb lol.

[AndrésC64]

I think dumb is a relative word, and depends on the context. I'm a complete moron compared to Albert Einstein. I'm a genius compared to some other people that I won't mention.

[driven159]

My parents tried to tell me how dumb I was, but it was funny I took an IQ and it was 140 smarter than most humans so who is dumb now they are dead good ridden

[Surely]

All the time. If I was smart. I would be ugly and rich. Instead of ugly and poor!!!

[Anonymous]

If you were constantly told by your parents and classmates. You would eventually think you were dumb. Then you'll start doing dumb stuff.

[Anonymous]

.. Yes. But I'm not the dumbest. Im smart enough to know that I am stupid.

[clampfan101]

A lot. I’m too hard on myself. :/

[Rania05]

Come on, everyone has those moments.

[RedStiletto88]

At times yes I’ve thought this

[HippieVeganJewslim]

No, I could always talk. Sometimes, too much.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Big time when I was younger. 🤡

[Heolurt]

Oh yeah I'm legitimately dumb like retarded dumb.

[YollyM]

That's how you know somebody is not dumb😃

[Heolurt]

@YollyM how?

[YollyM]

Well I wouldn't use the word dumb but less than smart people tend to overestimate their competence, while smart people often sell themselves short. As Shakespeare put it in "As You Like It": "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

That conventional wisdom is backed up by a Cornell University study conducted by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger. The phenomenon is now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

So, if you're not too sure about your own intellect, it actually might be an indication that you're pretty intelligent — thoughtful enough to realize your limitations, at leas people tend to overestimate their competence, while smart people often sell themselves short. As Shakespeare put it in "As You Like It": "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

That conventional wisdom is backed up by a Cornell University study conducted by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger. The phenomenon is now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

So, if you're not too sure about your own intellect, it actually might be an indication that you're pretty intelligent — thoughtful enough to realize your limitations, at least.

[YollyM]

Scratch from P3 L5 ...*people...

[YollyM]

But obviously every explanation for lack of a better word is valid for specific scenarios and not absolutely everything.

[Anonymous]

Everything's relative.

[Aerolyn]

At one point, yeah.

[Fuentes]

As a kid yes