Interesting people often refuse to believe they are interesting. What's going on there?
I don't mean lion tamers or stuntmen, I mean people that consistently present fresh ways of looking at things.
Discussion
Mix of Dunning-Kruger and imposter syndrome?
Must look into these, thanks.
One analysis is if we take someone who is used to delving into their beliefs and ideas, second guessing, testing them, changing them or fleshing them out as needed. They may even entertain ideas they don't actually hold or some they are vehemently against, just for the sake of mental exercise.
Such a person might be less likely to feel confident in the ideas they hold because they know how much potential for growth and change there is in that realm. By extension they would be less likely to be impressed with themselves.
Basically, humility?
It’s because they’re projecting out their interest to the world. So the world looks interesting to them even though it comes from within.
Might be something there
There’s a quote that I heard before but don’t know who said it. “In order to be interesting, be interested”