The Dangerous Rise of “Pseudo-intellectuals”

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The term "pseudointellectual" has been thrown around a whole lot these days. It has been used to describe public figures like Jordan Peterson and Noam Chomsky. But despite this, we do not have a very good definition of what a pseudointellectual is. So let's consider how to pin down this difficult and nebulous concept.

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00:00 Pseudointellectualism and You
03:25 Demarcating Territory
12:01 Ancient Greeks and Modern Geeks
19:18 A Portrait of a Pseudointellectual
27:36 Trust, Hypocrisy, and a Different Ideal