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Why young academics feel like intellectual frauds

I have imposter syndrome about teaching philosophy to undergraduates because I do not have life experience to match what I am supposed to know.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You feel like a fraud teaching wisdom you're not sure you've lived yourself.

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