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A lot of intellectual memes bother me. “Post-truth” gives me a tickle, “dunning kruger” perks up my ears, and “ZIRP” makes me want to throw a desk through a win
by laborcontract 2y ago
A lot of intellectual memes bother me. “Post-truth” gives me a tickle, “dunning kruger” perks up my ears, and “ZIRP” makes me want to throw a desk through a window.
People say these things because it helps them think less while, to some, giving them the veneer of thinking more.
- krapp 2y agoEvery time someone mentions Brave New World, 1984 or that thing Voltaire never actually said, I feel the same way. There should be a rule that you can't paraphrase an author unless you've actually read the work you're referring to.
- orwin 2y agoImagine that! Gregory Mankiw reading more than 200 pages of Adam Smith! Stephen Hicks reading more than the title of Kant's books! I'm not sure how many neolib "thinkers" would have survived this rule.