How do you define a pseudo-intellectual /lit/? It seems like

>>9067188
a pseudo-intellectual is someone who is not particularly knowledgeable, but acts like they are for the sake of social jockeying

Actual intelligence is irrelevant. There are smart pseuds and dumb pseuds

>>9067188

If you're a pseud you'll make (and reply to) threads like this.

>>9067188
Someone who puts on the appearance of having gone through intellectual rigours they haven't.

>>9067188
Someone who is interested in knowledge not for the sake of knowledge or applications but for the social status of appearing knowledgeable. This can but not always leads to taking shortcuts or lying to appear more knowledge than one actually is.

>>9067260
This fampai

>It seems like every has a certain image that pops up in their head when the term comes up but I've seen no actual concrete definition.

thats because theyre all saying the same thing in different wording:

>someone who's not smart
>but wants to appear smart

its not rocket science 2bqhwithyou fampai

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>>9067298
Isn't it smart to want to appear smart though?

>>9067298
This.

I'd word it as a pseudo-intellectual being someone who tries to prove to that people he is right, whereas an intellectual is trying to prove himself wrong

>>9067305
Valuing intelligence is a sign of faggotry :)

>>9067612
Source?

>>9067188
trash who argues unneccesarily

>>9067668
Common sense and my diary :)

>>9067188
i define pseudo-intellectual as someone who goes on /lit/

>>9067188
Someone that posts on /lit/

>>9067743
This is the real answer

>>9067188
Everyone on /lit/

>>9067743
Damn, you got there first. This is truth, though.

>>9067188
First you'd have to define "intellectual" stupid.

>>9067188
>How do you define a pseudo-intellectual /lit/?
The kind of person who posts on /lit/.