What are the important consequences of anti-intellectualism? Good, bad, neutral, short and long-term. Why do we need a subplot of intellectualism in culture at all?
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Replying to @vgr
You *need* calories, water & sleep. The rest is farting around.
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Replying to @bhudgeons @vgr
If we “need” intellectualism in culture, it is because we expect it to deliver some benefit to the goal of culture. And you can’t measure that benefit until you define the goal.
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Replying to @vgr
The goal of “culture” is either intellectualism, in which case your question is tautological, or it is farting around, and intellectualism is an excellent way of doing so.
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Replying to @vgr
What stuff exactly? Facts? That’d be science & math, of course....
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Dunno... legal systems, medical administration practices, investigative journalism,... lots of things seem to require intellectual culture, aren’t STEM, and aren’t “farting around” (which is quite a small minority... people like me)
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Replying to @vgr
99.99% of all of those disciplines operate with no trace of “intellectualism” of the sort for which there are “anti-intellectuals.” And they would be fine without the other 0.01%.
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Replying to @bhudgeons @vgr
We like the 0.01% because it is the fun part.
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