There is no worse pseudointellectual than a Very Intellectual and Scientifically Enlightened Person, that much is generally understood outside of scientistic circles.
But I have to say, the so-called "doers" (see: most right-wing public figures) are just as aggravating to me.
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It's not only the relentless (and fake) application of the thinker-vs-doer dichotomy, but also that they all seem to use their labelling themselves as doers as a cover...
... for their own, equally untenable pseudointellectualism.
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Firstly, because it takes a special kind of asshole to say "I have such and such material success, ergo I'm a doer."
Secondly, because their various homebrew theories on everything under the sun are just as stupid, ideologically motivated or straight-up bought as any other.
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Not only that, but since they *by default* are presented outside of scientific research, as conjecture or manifest "truth", they are not easily falsified.
In other words, they are even less authentic than the likes of Pinker & co.
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Every single intellectual position of these people can be reduced to "actually, cronyisim/gentrification/censorship/racism/sexism/lobbyism/war/BS vending is good, so long as it's our side is doing it, because Reasons."
It is completely void of anything authentic or well-argued.
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It's an extra shame that these guys are so fake (and that people keep falling for it)...
... because it *is* true that the neoliberal centrist covertly fascist corporate feudalists and radical ideologues alike are ideological imperialists who want to smother different ideas.
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It's just that these so-called different ideas (that are actually receiving support) are more of the same horsheshit.
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Yes, but worse: even insightful people often don't know *why* they're insightful, so their pet theories are often BS.
E.g. I have *very* strong intuitions about people - they can be extremely accurate, but belief in my theories about people has always let me down.
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Once I learned that I have no idea why something I do works, even if it works, I stopped believing much in my own theories.
That has really helped, though it makes epistemic doubt as intellectual cop-out a real danger to be mindful of. Some things are more true than others.
Ironically, it can develop into its own kind of myopic certitude.
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(Though on average "I know nothing," does less damage than "I know for certain.")