Also, if someone insists to an interviewer "I am an intellectual" then you can generally assume that they are not that in the slightest. - ThreadSky

kevinmkruse.bsky.social • 73 days ago

Also, if someone insists to an interviewer "I am an intellectual" then you can generally assume that they are not that in the slightest.

Reposted from Bradford Vivian

Re: the NYT Yarvin feature: If NYT writers say a “public intellectual” is offering “new ideas” . . . it’s almost certain those ideas are, in no way, new.

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richwanket.bsky.social•73 days ago

See also: I’m not a racist

sarahseaforth.bsky.social•73 days ago

What's a public intellectual versus a private one? How about a grade-inflated intellectual versus an objectively-graded one?

suzanne137.bsky.social•73 days ago

Yarvin was creepy.

comeonyouspurs26.bsky.social•73 days ago

Kinda like those morons who talk about being “alpha males” … if you feel you have to tell everyone you’re an alpha male … you’re not. Real alpha males don’t require validation or the need to brag about it.

We just post here on Bluesky …

vir-innominatum.bsky.social•73 days ago

He failed the fancy ketchup test.

veramedea.bsky.social•73 days ago

Amen.

guiri99.bsky.social•73 days ago

davidcrowe.bsky.social•73 days ago

Maybe they meant pubic intellectual? I think he’s probably qualified to make that claim.

zuinster.bsky.social•73 days ago

The way he speaks betrays his unserious perspective.

arvrrob.bsky.social•72 days ago

🎯💯

adesimone.bsky.social•73 days ago

pettywhite.bsky.social•73 days ago

lots of people think whitewashing is as good as new and lots of people are wrong

jennofark.bsky.social•73 days ago

Imagine, a public "intellectual" who doesn't read books.

jeof.bsky.social•73 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/jeof.bsky.social/post/3lfzryaeahg2c

kto1243.bsky.social•73 days ago

How can people talk about Curtis Yarvin without talking about his genocidal beliefs?

tmurp1953.bsky.social•73 days ago

Much like, “I am not a racist.”

steve36893.bsky.social•73 days ago

Fredo Syndrome

littleredyarn.bsky.social•73 days ago

If you outright tell me you're smart, you can be sure I'm thinking the exact opposite.

steve36893.bsky.social•73 days ago

Always.

mitchsolomon.bsky.social•73 days ago

Listen to me or else I’ll cry https://youtu.be/vYabrQrXt4A?si=X7Hk2x7sffa9lAP0

doclittle.bsky.social•73 days ago

Similarly, if the NYT presents Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel as "two of the worlds leading thinkers," the Times is no more than half-right.

johnpbruni.bsky.social•73 days ago

"I'm not a crook"

donwood.bsky.social•72 days ago

The correct response to that assertion is the look I get from my daughter when I insist “But I’m a Cool Dad.”

anylength66.bsky.social•73 days ago

Yup. Exactement.

brucermcf.bsky.social•73 days ago

"I'm a public intellectual, and one of quite substantial effectiveness. For example, in this former-Twitter thread, I reinvented the idea of a bus, and if you look around in many large US cities, you will see the tentative beginnings of bus service being made available."

joemcken.net•73 days ago

Indeed. Intellectualism isn’t self-declared, it’s a recognition by peers.

arorzoff.bsky.social•73 days ago

adamant68.bsky.social•73 days ago

If someone starts a statement with “I’m a Christian” you can be assured that the rest of the statement will be unchristian like.

mirya.bsky.social•73 days ago

I'm more of a *private* intellectual actually

scottwhall.bsky.social•72 days ago

Paul Krugman would say that these new ideas generally came from someone reading old books.

In essence, the ideas are new to them but not new to the world.

suzannelindbergh.bsky.social•73 days ago

But I thought the whole working class voted because these guys were “just like us” … oh never mind.

steve-c-kc.bsky.social•73 days ago

I am an intellectual reply guy

martyolliff.bsky.social•73 days ago

Implied is the initial independent clause and conjunction, “You wouldn’t know it from talking with me, but . . .”

mbwilliams.bsky.social•73 days ago

I had to pick up the pieces from my head exploding when I read that line. Never did locate my right eyeball to finish the article.

papakila.bsky.social•73 days ago

Oh man you gotta try the new snake oil it's not like the old one

longanimus.bsky.social•73 days ago

Incellectual

jcatty.bsky.social•72 days ago

Biggest tell in punditry. It’s the Poker equivalent to sweating, giggling, and squeezing the 4 aces in your hand like you’re Tom Sawyer with stolen flowers for Becky. Jesus F’ing H.

maxxxv.bsky.social•73 days ago

Was on a road trip today, read it while I wasn’t driving and my poor, long suffering spouse had to listen to my unhinged rebuttal in the Burger King parking lot when we took a bathroom break.
I think Jane Austin would agree with my argument.

childlessdiglady.bsky.social•73 days ago

Like when Trump referred to himself as a stable genious.

rrtrent892.bsky.social•73 days ago

I’m a free thinker

quasarfunk.bsky.social•73 days ago

annlaabs.bsky.social•73 days ago

His brazen misreading of female characters in Jane Austen physically wounds me.

pianomover.bsky.social•73 days ago

That and old folks saying they’re cool

blohr.bsky.social•73 days ago

Similarly, "I'm not a witch."

andrewharbison1.bsky.social•73 days ago

A general rule:
Someone who’s truly smart will rarely tell you how smart they are.
Someone who’s truly brave rarely tell you how brave they are.
Someone who’s truly honest will never tell you how honest they are.