I am very interested in the psychology of people who present this odd mixture of abusiveness and pseudo-intellectualism. Their drive is clearly to cause upset at the same time as being recognised as intellectually superior. I don't understand it.
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I've never met these people in real life so I think they're probably much more humble & pleasant in real life. This behaviour must serve some kind of need and is engaged in online where you can be who you want to be and no-one knows who you really are?
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I’m not trying to push religion on u when I promote the need for an external ethos. Hate religion, fine, but we seem to require a formulated set of rules to regulate our irrationality & hatefulness.
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That's why we keep inventing them. Obviously, you will think your rules are external but I think they're just one set of guidelines made up by humans.
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Perhaps a powerful ethos such as “Love your neighbor as yourself, “ would have been a better way for me to have said that, rather than, “rules.”
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That's the golden rule which seems to come up in all cultures because reciprocity and empathy are innate to us.
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“Innate?” Do we need to be admonished toward behaviors that are innate?
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Yes, very often we do. We have other self-serving behaviours too. Morality is when we verbalise why we should prioritise the good ones.
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I wonder if these folks are in an intermediate stage of existential crisis? I remember repeating arguments my professors gave me and being angry when they failed. They were weak pseudo intellectual arguments filled with jargon, but didn't know that at the time.
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I think some people conflate intellect with aggressively holding forth on your opinions, and in turn deriding the opinions of others. Like politicians. Most very clever people I know are unfailingly polite. Usually because they listen to others to learn something.
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This is honestly partly how I picture Jordan Peterson. People think he's super smart but I look at a lot of the points he tries to make and they fall apart under scrutiny. He repeats a lot of the same unproven and unprovable arguments then turns around and claims he's right.
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Possibilities: • bitterness at not being recognised as smart leads to taking a perverse delight in lashing out. • getting ‘noticed’ may seem preferable to being ignored, because at least you’re making an impact, instead of being an average ‘nobody’. Perhaps?
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You seem to think humans are rational; I do not. To the contrary I believe humans are completely irrational at least 50 per cent of the time.
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Suggested rephrasing: we are rational when it suits us. We are also good at rationalizing questionable behavior when convenient, which is why the concept of Original Sin will always endure.
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I believe in "original sin," but don't find being rational a "when it suits" kind of thing, but a hard & humbling search for wisdom which is not confined too but includes scripture and prayer. I am pushing back on the idea that humans merely need to think to be rational.
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