krunchtime
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Reading some Chompsky gave me a real distaste for "Intellectuals". I see these people everyday.
He basically says professors dress up simply concepts with complex language to try to give it more weight. A "barrier to entry" if you will.
I ran this through google and found The Fate of an Honest Intellectual lol. Its an interesting take - it happens when knowledge is no longer an end in itself, but as a means to power. I think that's a mistake all human communities cannot avoid making, since humans are politically driven animals. In all communities, an established power structure exists, and it is impossible to disturb the order, without having to bear the brunt. It doesn't matter whether you choose to do so by questioning them or acting belligerently. You'll get the same kind of response. This just reminds me that academia can get extremely political urgh.
Somewhere along the way, its a toss-up between deciding to do what's expedient or what you think is right. What is the payoff for denying x number of truths, just to get into a position which allows you to expose that one big lie? The best way to resolve this is to get so theoretical that nobody's interests are hurt whether you are right ot wrong.