If you exclude reading, writing, speaking, and listening (ie use of language, including math or code) as mere table stakes, how would you define “intellectual” in terms of essential non-language behaviors that non-intellectuals typically don’t exhibit?
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Oh! I misunderstood, because that function is from linguistic input to output. I don’t think I could be convinced of an intellectual with a vow of silence.
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I’m not saying they don’t use language. I’m saying that such use cannot be part of the definition I’m looking for. It’s like asking “what besides above-average height characterizes basketball players?” I’m blocking out the obvious bit.
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