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That's how people describe me. Personally, I'm not especially proud of it. I don't think that what the world needs most right now is more intellectuals or intellectualism. But whatever -- that's the role I seem to have assumed. Writing about ideas etc. i didn't mean to come across as boastful.

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The public needs to work through difficult and complicated concepts, without fear manipulating them into rash action. Is the 100th monkey effect going to end up with the herd running off a cliff or will it result in an action beneficial to the herd?

That depends on the work done first. Someone has to hash out the concept first, and then the herd receives it via a download.

This information is critical because without it, the human species' immune system cannot differentiate good tissue from bad. And thus it will attack everything or nothing, and end up cannibalizing itself.

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Not boastful, just odd. Since when do we have to describe ourselves the way others "describe" us? We all write "about ideas" Charles. Don't set yourself aside. That's part of this dumb malady. Peace.

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Eisenstein's actions set him apart and people notice that. Just as your actions define you.

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Yeah, just like I noticed the snobbery.

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Yeah, it doesn't strike me as snobbery. It's a term people use to describe a person who expresses thoughts in a particular way, publicly. There are rules that govern the form of that expression.

There are people I'd describe as public intellectuals, and also as idiots. Not mentioning names.

"Folk singer" describes a person who, like a public intellectual, expresses thoughts publicly, but does so in a different form.

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You interpreted it as snobbery due to your personal triggers. You aren't a psychic or psionic user, able to pick up people's thoughts and intentions online, ok.

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I didn't think you did. That's why I responded to the comment. Anyway "Public Intellectuals" is a good band name.

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