>The Intellectual Yet Idiot is a production of modernity hence has been accelerating since the mid twentieth century, to reach its local supremum today, along with the broad category of people without skin-in-the-game who have been invading many walks of life. Why? Simply, in most countries, the government’s role is between five and ten times what it was a century ago (expressed in percentage of GDP). The IYI seems ubiquitous in our lives but is still a small minority and is rarely seen outside specialized outlets, think tanks, the media, and universities—most people have proper jobs and there are not many openings for the IYI.
>The IYI pathologizes others for doing things he doesn’t understand without ever realizing it is his understanding that may be limited. He thinks people should act according to their best interests and he knows their interests, particularly if they are “red necks” or English non-crisp-vowel class who voted for Brexit. When plebeians do something that makes sense to them, but not to him, the IYI uses the term “uneducated”. What we generally call participation in the political process, he calls by two distinct designations: “democracy” when it fits the IYI, and “populism” when the plebeians dare voting in a way that contradicts his preferences.
>The Intellectual Yet Idiot has been wrong, historically, on Stalinism, Maoism, GMOs, Iraq, Libya, Syria, lobotomies, urban planning, low carbohydrate diets, gym machines, behaviorism, transfats, freudianism, portfolio theory, linear regression, Gaussianism, Salafism, dynamic stochastic equilibrium modeling, housing projects, selfish gene, election forecasting models, Bernie Madoff (pre-blowup) and p-values. But he is convinced that his current position is right.
>He knows at any point in time what his words or actions are doing to his reputation.
>But a much easier marker: he doesn’t even deadlift.
Is he /ourguy/?
>>39887109
Yes.
>>39887123
lol holy shit i cant believe this is real, i love these men
>>39887109
bump
He's a great guy
Hes based as fuck not hard to look at eighter(nohomo)
>>39887123
is this fucking real
>>39887123
WHAT
>>39888698
>>39888084
>>39887690
Of course it's real. He even called one of his philosophical constructs "The Barbell Strategy". Would definitely recommend his books, even though I admit that a lot of his stuff goes over my head. The guy's a genius, mathbros would probably be able to appreciate him even more.
>>39887123>>39887109
Talib is the brains of /fit/
This is now a /fit/ philosopher thread