• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Academics “highly intellectual”?

    Haha. No-no. They’ve just garnered knowledge on a topic. The highly intellectual people are paid much more outside of an institution because they can do stuff with that knowledge.

    • Sergio@slrpnk.net
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      2 days ago

      fam you coulda just quoted Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and said: “Like most intellectuals he is intensely stupid.”

      • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
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        IDK, all this “quoting other people’s work” business seems mighty intellectual to me. Really smart people are outside of academia, where they think of smart stuff all on their own. /s