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 <fs xx-large>Arrogance</fs> is a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another. I have been accused of arrogance many more times in my life than I am willing to count, and my assessment of whether I really //am// arrogant is still ongoing. As a person who takes feedback from others (especially the destructive form) way too serious, calling me arrogant is an extremely effective way to make me doubt myself and my personality. What //I// see, from //my// perspective is, if anything, overconfidence in ignorance, but not arrogance. However, I am unable to make any reasonably informed conclusion on this question, which means I need to contend with not knowing. Until then I try my best to control myself to the best of my abilities to //not// be arrogant.
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 ====== Things that ARE arrogant ======
 ===== Claiming that everyone is stupid =====
-No. On average, people are of average intelligence. This applies even to the nuttiest conspiracy theorist, and claiming that someone is [[Stupidity|stupid]] really only makes //the aggressor// look stupid((//Look// stupid. Not saying that they are. They are probably just being emotional in that moment.)). To think of yourself as possessing the kind of knowledge and understanding to comprehend a topic as multifaceted and complicated as human intelligence and going on to make sweeping judgements on a person you barely know (you don't even know yourself enough to make definitive claims on your intelligence) - THAT is arrogant.
+[[Stupidity#Illusory Superiority|No. On average, people are of average intelligence.]] This applies even to the nuttiest conspiracy theorist, and claiming that someone is [[Stupidity|stupid]] really only makes //the aggressor// look stupid((//Look// stupid. Not saying that they are. They are probably just being emotional in that moment.)). To think of yourself as possessing the kind of knowledge and understanding to comprehend a topic as multifaceted and complicated as human intelligence and going on to make sweeping judgements on a person you barely know (you don't even know yourself enough to make definitive claims on your intelligence) - THAT is arrogant.
 This ALSO includes //calling// people arrogant. When someone says that someone else "is" arrogant, the truth is that they probably mean "that person //is acting in a way//, //right now// that //appears// arrogant //to me//". To claim that one truly knows a person well enough to affirmatively be able to state such a thing should be beyond the ability of most people, myself included. That's why the heading of this section talks about "things" that are arrogant, not whether committing these things makes the individual committing them arrogant. An action can be arrogant, and everyone will engage in arrogant acitivities at some point in their life, but whether that person is inherently arrogant is a whole different question.