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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You *need* calories, water & sleep. The rest is farting around.
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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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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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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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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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Hm I disagree the “deep state” hate is against that kind of harder-edged intellectual culture. People who harden ideas into institutions,

