Thanks for the link. Didn't know the text.

I found an English translation here:

- https://w4nderlu.st/media/pages/publications/combinatorics-o...

Translated by Piero Molino at https://w4nderlu.st/publications

Oh wonderful. I hope you can find time to read it! Umberto Eco was one of the most important modern Italian philosophers.

I love his pragmatic and rational approach.

In my experience these people do not suffer from impostor syndrome. Although I have to admit that it could be a coping mechanism, it sounds more like Dunning-Kruger. I guess there are different symptoms of impostor syndrome. For me the comment of OP definitely resonated a lot. Not being able to express the things you know and don't know clearly blurs the lines for me to accurately value the knowledge I actually do possess or have mastered. :-)

That's fair. I guess for me OP's description of imposter syndrome seems more like Generalized Anxiety Disorder.