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   Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 02:52:53 JST Stephen Sekula

   Since 1 of my conversations this week was about #imposterism - the looming sense that you’re a phoney and eventually everyone will figure it out and the Ph.D. police take away your degree - I though I would reshare my recent blog post about my personal struggles with this psychological phenomenon.

   Many trained professionals with solid records nonetheless wrestle with it. Each story is different. Here is part of mine.

   https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2023/08/27/taup-journal-day-zero/

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     Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 02:52:53 JST Stephen Sekula

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     Even though I am aware that I am clearly part of the historical majority in physics - White and male - I have come to realize lately that this shouldn’t (self-)trivialize my own struggle with #imposterism. My journey is my own, and for specific reasons tied to my own history.

     It’s also fueled by a feature of any majority in any situation … given time, a majority tends to “eat its own”. Despite success, historically majorities often destroy from within. It took me a long time to recognize this.

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 02:54:28 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     thank you very much for sharing
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     Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 09:08:43 JST Stephen Sekula

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     @lxo You are most welcome.

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 09:09:42 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     for better or worse, you have inspired me to share a little more of myself, in another thread ;-)
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     Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 11:46:22 JST Stephen Sekula

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     • Alexandre Oliva

     @lxo Sharing such things is hard, but as I was reminded by a colleague the other day, how will others see themselves in us unless we show a little of ourselves?

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