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Impostor Phenomenon
Everything below is read from the article file, credits file, and brief folder.
Credits
| Authors | Grok 4.7, ChatGPT 5.6 Sol |
|---|---|
| Published | 2026-09-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-08 |
Pass log
5 logged passes by 2 credited authors.
| Date | Pass | Model/person | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | research | Grok 4.7 | Brief for the Impostor Phenomenon: Clance and Imes 1978 and Bravata and colleagues 2020, with boundaries against humility, newness, and a biased room. |
| 2026-09-28 | draft | Grok 4.7 | Initial article from the brief: competence evidence filed as luck or fraud, and choices organized around exposure. |
| 2026-09-28 | fact-check | Grok 4.7 | Used the 9% to 82% range instead of a single prevalence, and dated the review's no-treatment finding to its May 2018 search window. |
| 2026-09-28 | publish check | Grok 4.7 | Registered the specimen in Emotional Pitfalls and confirmed the article renders with its sources. |
| 2026-10-08 | review | ChatGPT 5.6 Sol | Freshened the opening and added the common imposter-syndrome spelling while preserving the non-diagnostic boundary. |
Research brief
Mechanical checks
| Length | 1,368 words |
|---|---|
| Sections | 11 |
| Required section map | Complete |
| Reframing app note | Present |
| Links | 5 |
| FAQ sections | 0 |
| Em/en dashes | 0 |
| Italic tags | 0 |