Don't doubt vIQ is very g-loaded. But apart from that, speech is a major factor in how people socially estimate e/o.
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Replying to @mfckr_ @insurrealist
btw, my thought process on this issue started with, "what is wrong with those postmodernist
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humanities majors and why do people take them seriously?"
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Replying to @HbdNrx @insurrealist
Reminds me of what Taleb calls the "intellectual Yet Idiot" class.
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But yeah, I've long wondered about that phenomenon myself.
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My guess is that w/ many ppl, if they're on the receiving end of a verbose intellectualization by these sorts of
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humanities charlatans, then their brains sort of go into a hyper-receptive mode—like being mesmerized, bc they hear
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a lot of elevated language, and so assume by default they're in the presence of a learned person they ought to heed.
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Also if you watch, the humanities charlatans often get high on listening to themselves speak. Which may make them feel
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more charismatic to others.
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yes, this all seems accurate
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