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That's the process of life. Adults are incredible, nigh all-powerful beings to a child. Then you get older, and all the esteem you had for people is burned away as you realise we're all just idiots with a few talents and trainings.
except yourself. you are pure infallible genius who knows all that is worth knowing...
Finally, someone has read all my Lemmy posts.
That's one of the middle stages, usually hit in the teenage years, and sometimes the highest plateau the person ever achieves.