Asklemmy

I don't think anyone's anti intellectual, people use rhetoric to defend their ideas, to defend their ways, to justify what they've already done. If you used your intelligence and started to agree with people, no one would challenge you, you wouldn't run into anti-intellectual bias.

When you challenge people, or disagree with them, they're going to use rhetoric against you, and that often is portrayed as anti-intellectual. If they think you're a threat they'll attack you by any means possible

So true.

People are forced into school to "learn how to learn". Yeah no shit, what happens is that many dont want to learn anything anymore.

I have to live in a bubble, because I really enjoy and often have discussions with many people about all sorts of things.

People who believe they are intellectual rarely are, or they would be able to couch their points in more accessible ways.

i think eventually nothing will matter even to the living, so there will be no use for emotion or conflict. the fact that one doesnt know if theyll have food tomorrow, or if theyll be there tomorrow gives meaning to the fighting. so i feel that it makes sense that people are the way they are

Illiberal populism isn't going anywhere, unfortunately.

It's not. We'd still be hitting rocks if we were anti intellectual.

I'm fine with people who really just don't know stuff. But they should really listen when you try to explain something to them.

* cough cough * flat earthers?