/sci/ - Science & Math

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You did well in your degree program, but many who did worse than you will nonetheless go on and become experts in their field.
Put yourself in the shoes of a mediocre student, reading or hearing their superior coeval with a second honorous dismiss his achievements as worthless, and imagine how he views his own achievements in comparison.
Yet, the mediocre student continues to struggle.
You've taken the time to share with anonymous strangers your insecurities and that's fine, I hope I was able to help you.
But you see, you must maintain the "facade" in the hopes that someone even better than you maintains his facade, the same way someone worse than you is grateful you maintained your facade.
What results is an unspoken agreement amongst experts: that everyone should maintain their smart guy act for the sake of everyone else's sanity.