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> The best people are naturally attracted to knowledge and intellect That is a pretty narrow-minded way of evaluating other people's worth...

• jongjong 2y ago
  To me curiosity is the most important trait. People who aren't curious seem empty, superficial and over-socialized. They lack a real identity. They seem almost unconscious to me. I know they can grow out of it, I have seen it, but I don't have the time or energy for people at that stage of development.
  • funklute 2y ago
    Perhaps some meaning is getting lost in translation here... If you mean curiosity as in academic achievement, then I think this is a deeply disrespectful way of thinking of other people. If you mean curiosity as in having empathy for the people and world around you, and not being a narcissistic sociopath, then I probably agree with you. But from what you wrote earlier, I get the impression you're talking about the former rather than the latter...
    • jongjong 2y ago
      Not necessarily academic curiosity but curious to learn things and capable of critical thinking. I also think there are many 'educated idiots' so education isn't everything. There are a lot of educated people who are good at repeating complex-sounding catchphrases like parrots when promoted with the right questions; that's not intelligence.
• swayvil 2y ago
  But the knowledgeable intellectuals seem to like it.