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   BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 02:15:34 JST BowserNoodle ☦️
   What is the difference between delusions of grandeur and extreme motivation to better oneself or others? Or is it simply something we make a judgement on post hoc?
   >He kept trying to do the impossible and it got him killed and left his family destitute.
   >He never gave up despite what everyone said and he achieved beyond our wildest expectations.
   Is it just a skill issue, including skill of knowing when to go all in on a lucky bet?
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     Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 02:15:33 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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     @BowsacNoodle the delusions part comes in when someone thinks for example because he can act he can also sing, or whatever. Basically thinking he is a top person in a space he has no experience in. And then this coming back to haunt him. hubris+incompetence
     Someone trying really hard to be a singer and working his ass off and failing does not have the delusion part.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 03:01:30 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     • Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer
     @WandererUber >Basically thinking he is a top person in a space he has no experience in...hubris+incompetence
     So it is just the skill issue? I am starting to think that. Also people who think they’re “destined” for something by the universe or divine providence and using that as their motivation rather than simply a firm belief and conviction in what they’re doing. Luck is definitely a factor I’m sure.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 04:25:00 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @WandererUber I should write more clearly. “Skill issue” in the meme sense too. Wisdom to understand scope of capability is “skill” in this sense.
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     Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (wandereruber@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 04:25:01 JST Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

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     @BowsacNoodle >It's A
     >"So it is just B?"
     mfw no face
     
     I think btw that luck may be a factor when you look at what people call it. Because people are stupid and can't judge fairly. I think sometimes people fail due to bad luck even though they weren't delusional and sometimes people succeed with wild bets that shouldn't work. That's not too relevant for the definitions though.