You’ll never change someone’s mind by telling them that they aren’t allowed to think that way.
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Has nothing to with intelligence. In fact smart people can be easier to bully. It’s about courage.
Not courage precisely, but independent-mindedness. But you have to be independent-minded to do great work. So if you measure smart by results, rather than e.g. standardized tests, it includes independent-mindedness.
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But how can you tell who is independent-minded these days when the first person to stop clapping for George Floyd gets canceled? Didn't you write an essay about how you need a true friend who won't rat you out to the volunteer auxiliary thought police? http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
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Indeed. Doesn't take courage to *think* differently - but certainly to *speak* differently. Straussians may be smart, but wouldn't call them courageous...
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Not sure about "entertain" in that wording but perhaps endure
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Hm, I'm pretty sure that among the great inventors since from anywhere since 0 A.D. to the start of modern times,basically every single one would be crazily superstitious and prejudiced by modern standards.A lot of capable engineers are nutjobs,not to mention writers,physicians…
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nope, you could have been the most hardline stalinist person, and still be among these that helped put a man in space as engineer in the Soviet union. Classical fallacy I see in many engineers: Being good at what you do sadly doesn't necessitate many human qualities. There were
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many great engineers, physicians, scientists, administrators, strategists deeply involved in wars and genocide. So, there's no necessity for independent thought in Weltanschauung aspects for being able to form independent thought on your field of expertise.
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