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I would say that anti-intellectualism is more about people putting faith above reason. An intellectual believes they have the superior mind and can reason about
by logicalmind 18y ago
I would say that anti-intellectualism is more about people putting faith above reason. An intellectual believes they have the superior mind and can reason about anything. An anti-intellectual believes they have no great intellect and rely on alternative senses to guide them.
- anamax 18y ago> I would say that anti-intellectualism is more about people putting faith above reason. Except that it's not. Intellectuals are as faith-driven, if not more so. The difference is that intellectuals think that they're not.
- logicalmind 18y agoCan you give an example of something that intellectuals believe based on faith?
- anamax 18y agoIntellectuals as a group don't have a lot of common beliefs, so my comment was referring to the fact that you can (almost) always find something that each one believes on faith. However, a large fraction of intellectuals do seem to believe that they should be in charge or at least have more control. Do you want to argue that that is "reason" based? I've previously pointed out that intellectuals (1) will "oversell" their expertise, claiming that fact A implies policy B when it actually doesn't and (2) seem to believe that their expertise in one area implies expertise in other areas. Would you blame either of those on faith?