Circle of Competence
Operating within the domains you truly understand and avoiding overconfidence elsewhere.
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Intellectual Humility
Staying inside your circle requires admitting how much you don't know
Overconfidence and CalibrationOperating outside your circle is what overconfidence looks like in practice
Expert Intuition vs Pattern MatchingExpert intuition only works inside the circle — outside it, your gut is noise
Elementary Worldly WisdomKnowing which models apply where is itself a form of worldly wisdom
Practical Wisdom (Phronesis)Practical wisdom includes knowing the limits of your own expertise