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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual? (discuss.online)

submitted 1 year ago by ThePenitentOne@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

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[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah it's a bit. No one actually unironically identifies as anti-intellectual.

I'm kinda of a Diogenes figure. Sometimes you get "behold a man" and sometimes you get a homeless man yelling at passerbys.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm kinda of a Diogenes figure.

No. You're just being obnoxiously smug while expecting people to praise you as some sort of eccentric philosopher.

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” ― Carl Sagan

There's countless "Digoenes figures" like yourself already and they all believe they are the Main Character, too. And like you already did in the other comment chain here, they also get just as mad when their junk philosophy (such as, in your case, Ayn Rand) gets called out. cringe

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. You're just being obnoxiously smug while expecting people to praise you as some sort of eccentric philosopher.

Literally describing myself as a homeless man and anti-intellectual. No one is taking it seriously but you man.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago