#Intellectual

Chris Millard

chrismillard83

the reaction to the (good) octopus thread reminds me that one of the least-valued intellectual skills in the world is discerning whether something is “stupid” / “incomprehensible” or simply “out

Black Pope Vice

BlackPopeVice

None of these people understand IQ.IQ is processing speed.Trump is 150+; we see this shine at debate/press conference. We cannot see 150+ when he speaks, especially when he has to

David M. Perry

Lollardfish

Don't murder disabled people.https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/06/coronavirus-ventilators-disabled-people/?fbclid=IwAR0wIKG9dYn1NWc9gsH-H4ianFZYmYoUdkJLVRsG-KwB03Co5tmaFPuG7So Don't murder disabled people.https://www.theatlantic.

Melanie K. Yazzie

melanie_yazzie

Long thread re: social media & left politics. Although I've kept my accounts, I don't post much on social media because the culture of left political debate is so toxic.

Abubakar Hidima Ph.D.

Realoilsheikh

The issue of blasphemy on the Noble Prophet (SAW) has no doubt been among some of the contentious issues, and like many other issues have been continuously been debated in

Dan Koch

DanKoch

This is called an ad hominem, attacking the person rather than the argument. (It’s our privilege and our unwillingness to work through negative feelings that are the real culprits). This

Cry Havoc! Doge of Culture War

DogeInCharge

@AngryJoeShow KNOWS that Star Trek was destroyed by woman-worshiping feminist anti-male BS, but lacks the intellectual courage to admit that MRAs have a fucking point. Coward.https://youtu.be/RrTVaaDD8BI?t=2495 So based on the

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

On what you can’t say. (A thread!) There’s no social world that doesn’t have things you can’t say. The same is true for those directed towards intellectual pursuits (academia, but

Duvindi Illankoon

duvindi

Was talking about this with the boy today in the way us washed up adults do- I think the key to in a relationship is when you are

Steve Edwards

The_Big_Quiet

Students writing for an audience of one (the teacher) who is only looking to assess whether the proper information has been included in the proper format (i.e. regurgitation & rule-following)

chrissi 〄 ˢᵗʳᵉᵃᵐ ⁹¹¹

sohappyiclddie

she was constantly asked about her genitalia, her sex life, her sexual relationships with women (to "confirm" her bisexuality), her sexual preferences, her revealing outfits, ... when all she wanted

The End Times

TheAgeofShoddy

Late-night thoughts.This is an hour of many new, and “new,” intellectual movements. A time of ferment and change. In an absolute sense this is probably a good thing; anyone in

Hussain Haidry

hussainhaidry

Funny how a Hindu person can talk about the Muslim society at a whim, and be considered more intellectual / progressive / rational / lahsun, etc.And when a Muslim person

Secret Gamer Girl

SecretGamerGrrl

One of the biggest lessons I've learned over the past 6 years or so is how so many people just fundamentally cannot grasp the concept of arguing in bad faith.Like

Matthew J. Peterson

docMJP

People approach the American founding with outrageous arrogance based on shallow ideologies and their reading of a few secondary sources—but the preachers & politicians of the 18th and early 19th

m.k

LegendOfShabir

A thread. Plz bear with me. I have been on Twitter from 2016 under various anonymous handles.I don't think I should have be here before that to be called a