elitist or intellectual
3. Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity:
Evil can be guarded against. Stupidity cannot. And the world's few evil people have little power without the help of the world's many stupid people. Therefore, stupidity is a far greater threat than evil.
Gurwindertwitter.com
Humans are wired to conserve energy, i.e. they try not to think if they don’t have to. So if you’re relying on others to come to your same conclusion, they might never get there.
when you restrict yourself to one side of the intellectual spectrum, you limit your capacity to find truth.
David Perell • How Philosophers Think
The higher the form of education, the narrower the social experience. Some students are pipelined to PhDs, while others are pipelined to prisons—and
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • Elite Capture
Confronting questions:
Which of my current views would change if my incentives were different?
Which of my current views would I disagree with if I were born in a different country or generation?
What do I think is true but is actually just good marketing?
What do I ignore because it’s too painful to accept?
Who has the right answers but I ignore b
prétend être non élitiste ou anti-élitiste. Mais l'aptitude au pluralisme postconventionnel et mondocentrique est un accomplissement très rare et très élitaire. Un sondage a démontré que seulement quatre pour cent de la population étatsunienne atteint vraiment ce stade hautement développé. Alors le multiculturaliste est dans une position très élita
... See moreKen Wilber • Une brève histoire de tout: 200 000 EXEMPLAIRES VENDUS (French Edition)
Universities have become secular cathedrals. They mock religion instead of trying to understand it. Somehow, I was able to graduate from a good high school and college without ever opening the New Testament — the West’s most influential book. There's something wrong about that.
David Perelltwitter.comI also never learned that there are smart people who aren’t “smart.” The existence of multiple forms of intelligence has become a commonplace, but however much elite universities like to sprinkle their incoming classes with a few actors or violinists, they select for and develop one form of intelligence: the analytic.