In Buddhist sytems, concept formation is one of the senses, like smell, taste etc. It’s an interface. When I hear people being anti-intellectual it sounds so weird, like it would if they were being anti-touch or anti-hearing. Anti-intellectual Buddhists are the funniest.
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Replying to @_awbery_
I think astronomy demonstrates this interestingly. You have a visual sense: you look at something, although with a telescope. But also intelligence, i.e. data analysis, widens the range of what can be learned from a simple observation.
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Replying to @joogipupu
Yes, nice analogy. Trying to dissociate from any inter-relational faculty misses the point. Anti-intellectualism is a peculiarly perverted form of virtue signalling.
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Replying to @_awbery_
Yes. Sadly a common thing with so-called "spiritual" people - including a number of Buddhists. Meeting Buddhists and being a professional scientist can lead to weirdly dismissive social attitudes. Particularly with very Mahayoga-oriented people.
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Replying to @_awbery_
I mean, my sangha, being a student of Lamas Bar-ché & Mé-sèl, is quite ok. However, I come across it when trying to get to know other Buddhists like here in Taiwan now.
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Replying to @joogipupu
How long will you be in Taiwan? Is it a temp or long-term contract?
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Replying to @_awbery_
This is a 2+2 year contract. Fairly long as far as postdocs go.
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