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But Einstein did not suggest cultivation should be «at the level of people whose job is to read and study», he said that it should reach the level of avoidance
by mdp2021 3y ago
But Einstein did not suggest cultivation should be «at the level of people whose job is to read and study», he said that it should reach the level of avoidance of gratuitous violent hatred.
Cultivation which remains mandated, because those people in topic have a job by definition and they have to perform it well, which implies some intellectual proficiency (moreover, they will be partially socially active, they will often be neighbours and in general meet people, and they will often be actors in democracies). Instead, reality is that a large number of those agents will be liabilities instead of assets, in the very performance of their jobs. So, «intelligence and character» remains more than a goal, a necessity.
- coldtea 3y ago>he said that it should reach the level of avoidance of gratuitous violent hatred Well, lots of that going on at the top levels of academy and educated people too. In fact, usually it's them that "inspire" the masses to violent hatred. So it's not like some unique deficiency that the masses have.
- mdp2021 3y agoYes, and this is why in the "sketchy out of space constraints" model that Einstein drew the discriminator chosen to define a special «intelligence and character» is the «inventive mind» having effectively achieved «inventions», i.e. some expertise in application to problems, also educated by accomplishment with regard to actual solutions. People who apply themselves in thought, and humbled by hard facts. (This will be different from other profiles you may have initially guessed. You will notice that "ideologists" are right out.)