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I approve of people thinking they're smarter than they are, because that's a worthy aspiration. Compared to, say, people who think they're hipper or more attrac
by tlb 8y ago
I approve of people thinking they're smarter than they are, because that's a worthy aspiration. Compared to, say, people who think they're hipper or more attractive than they are. If it makes people read literature that stretches their mind, that's great.
Pretension can be the first step towards not needing to pretend.
- mcguire 8y agoPretension tends to be satisfied with appearances---carrying the literature around rather than actually reading it.
- thatcat 8y agoHaving it around is a prerequisite to reading it.
- asdfman123 8y agoThere's a difference between aspiring to something versus pretending to already have it -- one quality is much more admirable than the other.