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So true.
People are forced into school to "learn how to learn". Yeah no shit, what happens is that many dont want to learn anything anymore.
I have to live in a bubble, because I really enjoy and often have discussions with many people about all sorts of things.
No I don't see why people would want to become more intellectual. What's the payoff for the effort?
People are lazy, at least the majority are. Then you have the personality types that needs to compete, and they are very useful in positions where you work hard all day to get a pat on the back. But they are more rare. Most of us don't see a reason to be intellectual or to compete, even if we have the capacity.
Because there is nothing that matters anyway. If we were living in a star trek society where we all contribute to a common good and gain respect from the community for it, then we would be motivated. But this is the stone age... Raw capitalism. History books will be written about this age and how pointless it all was.
It isn't as much anti-intellectualism as it is pseudo-intelligence.
Anti-intellectualism is like "That person is reading a book! What a nerd, let's kill him!"
While pseudo-intelligence is still thinking intelligence is awesome, while believing fake science: anti-vaxxers, flat Earters, homeopathy, race theory, astrology, only 2 genders, ...
Which is more dangerous, imho. Since they pretend to be intelligent. So distinguishing between the two is harder.
Intelligence is easy to distort in arrogance and rudeness, many learned people are in fact the basis of wars and unhappy ideas that create clashes. More than an intellectual world must be hoped for a more kind world without prejudice or desires of prevarication.
The world is less anti intellectual than it ever has been.
It's just that people with dumb opinions are more obvious.
I would challenge you to try to understand why people have the various opinions they do rather than just labelling them uneducated or anti-intellectual.
Like why do some people believe the earth is flat? It's not because they're stupid, uneducated, or anti-intellectual.
It's because they're all three at once and desperate to feel special
Delusional. And I'd argue being delusional makes you stupid, regardless of your reasoning to be so.
I don't get why people are so bent on 'understanding' because I do, but it still doesn't justify something just because a person given reason.