I no longer make any serious attempt to distinguish between Mr. P's views on X, what "ppl" think of X, and X
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Normal ppl see anyone whose role is to know & communicate things as storytellers. Greatest sage = best stories
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Self-styled intellectuals posture by refusing to play storyteller, to show that they KNOW storytelling iz dum
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(Because storytelling isn't how the storytellers themselves related to their knowledge. Theorems, data, etc)
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Ppl who love knowledge gradually stop caring about proving how much they know, and even how ignorant they are
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... and start to care about whether they are teaching effectively, serving a role in their civilization.
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/fin. I summon
@kantbot2000 to give his stamp of abbroval
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Right. I agree. They want to show you that they care. And the typically "self-effacing"(not) elitist response:
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"Oh, I don't rly know anything... it's all too complex... you'd find it boring... wish I made widgets like u!"
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The pseudo-humble portrayal of his role is a pretext for taking a massive, arrogant shit on normie worldview
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(And ofc it comes across that way! That's the point, to underline total gulf between elite and serf!)
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