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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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.