# impostor syndrome (validation)

*Ordinarily means:* feeling like a fraud despite clear evidence of competence

the skill remains outside the wall of the self-model's skill parameter window, so information cannot reach the model inside its window

- Computed level: L22 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: psychology

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [reach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reach.spatial), [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [skill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-skill.ability), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range)

**Through:** the self-model's skill parameter window is bounded by a wall that prevents information from reaching the model inside its window

**Novel properties:**
- blocked competence update

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-impostor-syndrome.validation*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-impostor-syndrome.validation.json*  
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