Intellectual humility is a promising strategy in my opinion and it honestly is a strategy I use all the time. After reading the article and the scientific article, I am fully confident that I have intellectual humility. Intellectual humility motivates people to be curious and to see more than just your own perspective. It allows people to compromise, to actually have a conversation with opposing views, and to understand that every individual has their own take on specific things such as politics, empathy, how to care for a child, and so much more. According to the scientific article, intellectual humility relates to several categories of outcomes related to knowledge acquisition and it was found from the study done that intellectual humility is linked to general knowledge but not cognitive ability. This suggests that the strategy on intellectual humility is associated with crystallized, but not fluid intelligence. The scientific article suggests from the study done that intellectual humility is more related to knowledge, facts, and skills acquired throughout life, but I feel like it can also relate to the ability to reason and think flexibly where the point of the strategy is to not only think your right and listen to those with opposing ideas. The scientific article does help me understand that knowing what one does not know may be the first step in the motivation to seek further knowledge, facilitating the link between intellectual humility and learning.
Practicing this strategy helps you to learn new things like it says in Sgambati’s article, “Five Reasons Why Intellectual Humility is Good for You,” which is also proven with the scientific article since it connects with knowledge acquisition in multiple ways. My take on this strategy is very positive and it is shown to be effective not only in academics to a certain aspect, but just life.
Sgambati brings up that “one common misperception is that having intellectual humility involves never trusting yourself—but it’s closer to the truth to say that intellectual humility is about correctly calibrating the strength of your beliefs to the evidence you’ve gathered and the limitations you face.” I really like this because its important to have some confidence, which I still struggle with, but when being confident in yourself and your opinions, it is important to understand the opposing views. Trusting your gut is also important, but I do not think that necessarily relates to this strategy since it is based on curiosity, challenging yourself, and the evidence you have based on your beliefs.
To sum up this post, I think intellectual humility is an important strategy that many individuals should practice. I think it truly could make people better and more understanding towards others rather than being aggressive due to a disagreement in beliefs. Relationships can be improved, you can be more tolerable (more people will be willing to talk to you because of this), you can create connections with a variety of diverse people, and you will more likely be willing to challenge yourself. These are all great qualities to have in my opinion.
