SenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoPeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesmessage-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squarePeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesSenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
Inheriting their worldview from consensus or comfort, never having to earn it through actual thought.
minus-squareYliaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 hours agoYou say should, but that’s a judgment; judgments are subjective.
minus-square3abas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoI’m stating my opinion on the matter… I think you should engage with challenging ideas as the post says, I don’t think it’s an “ideal of intellectualism”, I just think it serves your own interests to be open to realize you’ve been mislead.
You say should, but that’s a judgment; judgments are subjective.
I’m stating my opinion on the matter…
I think you should engage with challenging ideas as the post says, I don’t think it’s an “ideal of intellectualism”, I just think it serves your own interests to be open to realize you’ve been mislead.