Again, Strawbridge, you stimulate me to reflect on my life and what, for lack of a better term, I will call what I took for wisdom. I am stimulated to re-read your piece a few times and construct a post of the epiphanies you have uncovered for me. However, before I leave my laptop, i must reveal a "truth" that I have experienced. It answers a query submitted early in your piece. The truth is that "no one likes the rescuer." More bluntly stated, the rescued resents the heck out of the rescuer. Not sure why. I believe it is because, by definition, to be rescued, means you were weak and in need of another, outside of you. People hate that. Your children hate it. Your friends hate it. It has been proven to me over and over. I am going to do some more thinking and write about this, hopefully, in a cogent manner.
Hi Ben, thanks for reading and commenting. I have not thought about my topic in terms of being rescued, which is a valuable way to look at it. I think you just created a topic to write about, if you choose.
Very interesting read with some very solid points that made me think about some of the things that I believe and have taken as “common sense” throughout my life. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for reading. You are certainly not an anti-intellectual, but I think there are many points in the story that are worthy of discussion. In this country we have a tendency now to trust common sense over expertise or anything thought too fancy or uncommon.
Very interesting. I see myself with your example of the person struggling with communication. I have gotten much better, and some think I am on the autistic spectrum. My mind goes to the thought "It is hard being honest, or maybe authentic is a better word, in a world of so many signals and cues." I agree life turns on many unspoken arrangements, I tend to regard them as rituals. I think avoidance of feeling uncomfortable is part of anti-intellectualism. Some people have not learned that it is alright to be surprised or even floored by new information. If the point of life is for everyone to be comfortable all the time, we would be living in a primitive, crummy, existence. I think there is a whole lot that goes into making anti-intellectualism a thing, and I hoped more would be interested in discussing this topic. I do think plenty of women are anti-intellectual too, but are there more men? I wonder. I do not know.
Again, Strawbridge, you stimulate me to reflect on my life and what, for lack of a better term, I will call what I took for wisdom. I am stimulated to re-read your piece a few times and construct a post of the epiphanies you have uncovered for me. However, before I leave my laptop, i must reveal a "truth" that I have experienced. It answers a query submitted early in your piece. The truth is that "no one likes the rescuer." More bluntly stated, the rescued resents the heck out of the rescuer. Not sure why. I believe it is because, by definition, to be rescued, means you were weak and in need of another, outside of you. People hate that. Your children hate it. Your friends hate it. It has been proven to me over and over. I am going to do some more thinking and write about this, hopefully, in a cogent manner.
Hi Ben, thanks for reading and commenting. I have not thought about my topic in terms of being rescued, which is a valuable way to look at it. I think you just created a topic to write about, if you choose.
I am in process for writing on such a topic. Benn
Thank you for this
Your welcome.
This was great 👏
You are great as well, and always encouraging.
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Very interesting read with some very solid points that made me think about some of the things that I believe and have taken as “common sense” throughout my life. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for reading. You are certainly not an anti-intellectual, but I think there are many points in the story that are worthy of discussion. In this country we have a tendency now to trust common sense over expertise or anything thought too fancy or uncommon.
Very interesting. I see myself with your example of the person struggling with communication. I have gotten much better, and some think I am on the autistic spectrum. My mind goes to the thought "It is hard being honest, or maybe authentic is a better word, in a world of so many signals and cues." I agree life turns on many unspoken arrangements, I tend to regard them as rituals. I think avoidance of feeling uncomfortable is part of anti-intellectualism. Some people have not learned that it is alright to be surprised or even floored by new information. If the point of life is for everyone to be comfortable all the time, we would be living in a primitive, crummy, existence. I think there is a whole lot that goes into making anti-intellectualism a thing, and I hoped more would be interested in discussing this topic. I do think plenty of women are anti-intellectual too, but are there more men? I wonder. I do not know.