I had high hopes for Al. Damn.
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He came from academia and sometimes you run into people who are so book smart that in real life they're quite dumb.
Thomas Sowell does a great job of deconstructing the psychosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectuals_and_Society
Exactly.
And too many of the "non-intellectuals" fall into a similar trap of being in such awe of the "intellectuals" (or even "regular" people who were very successful in one area) for the relatively small areas of expertise/success that they DO possess, that they ALSO attribute that "awesome expertise/success" to every other "field of endeavor, practical or otherwise" (as Sowell would say) that the intellectuals touch upon.
Which explains, in large part, blind celebrity/professional (medical, scientific, legal, religious, business, technical/IT/engineering, political, artistic, musical, etc., etc., etc.) worship/following REGARDLESS of whether those persons have ANY expertise, knowledge or familiarity with the subject at hand. ("They thought you would follow the stars," and many DO.)
It almost lays the foundation upon which scientism is built. :)
Real science asks questions and debate.
Scientism is just blind faith in credentialed "experts"
IMO this effect is reinforced in education where beyond a Batchelor degree, you start learning more and more in an increasingly narrow scope.
(Ex: met a PhD engineer whose thesis was on the rate of corrosion of X material in Y medium, I forget the specifics, but I couldn't help but think that this guy educated himself to where there might be 5 jobs in the country that could make use of that knowledge)
The world still needs ditch diggers Danny ;)
I wager that would be back hoe operators now, but your point is valid.
When I worked construction, I don't even know how many times we've raised the point that architects and engineers should have to work at least 2 years in any trade.
Honestly, I'm not even sure STEM degrees hold the value they used to have when entrepreneurial trades people can make the same as a doctor, maybe more. Without the 50k+ of typical debt.
Agree wholeheartedly :)
Was just quoting caddyshack in a discussion about intellectuals :)