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funklute | 1 year ago

> The best people are naturally attracted to knowledge and intellect

That is a pretty narrow-minded way of evaluating other people's worth...

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jongjong|1 year ago

To me curiosity is the most important trait. People who aren't curious seem empty, superficial and over-socialized. They lack a real identity. They seem almost unconscious to me.

I know they can grow out of it, I have seen it, but I don't have the time or energy for people at that stage of development.

funklute|1 year ago

Perhaps some meaning is getting lost in translation here...

If you mean curiosity as in academic achievement, then I think this is a deeply disrespectful way of thinking of other people.

If you mean curiosity as in having empathy for the people and world around you, and not being a narcissistic sociopath, then I probably agree with you.

But from what you wrote earlier, I get the impression you're talking about the former rather than the latter...

swayvil|1 year ago

But the knowledgeable intellectuals seem to like it.