Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "The Use and Misuse of “Pseudo-Intellectual”" video.

  1. Don't believe people - believe in their arguments. Imitate the intellectual habits and practice of those with believable arguments.
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  2. “Intellectuals” are more dangerous than “Pseudo-Intellectuals” Because “Intellectuals” are clearly held in higher esteem, and it seems we're not allowed to criticise them.
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  3. Virtue epistemics is good. I'm persuaded I must read: "The Inquiring Mind: On Intellectual Virtues and Virtue Epistemology", 2011, by Jason Baehr. So - I'm up-voting you. I doubt whether freedom from cultural bias is such a good thing. Surely it's more important to be biased in favour of good cultures than to tbe free of any bias. No one is bias-free. This idealization of "bias-free" is debatable. Freedom from cultural bias could be a useful tool - similar to devil's advocacy - for the purpose of analysing ethics and comparative ethics.
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  4. You should not trust Brian Cox. He's an ideologue for some bad ideas.
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