Re: Objectively intelligent.
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
don't you think this is pretty common in supposed mentor/junior relationships? I liked the senior partner I worked with most. But he was a selfish prick in a lotta ways, and he doesn't know that. He'd write the same way about our relationship.
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Yes, I think that's often true. The person with more status can persuade himself that the relationship is unaffected by the mismatch in status.
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