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Stefan Molyneux@freedomain
October 05, 2023
Battling Midwits!
In the latest episode of "Wednesday Night Live," hosted on the 4th of October, Stefan Molyneux dives deep into the intricacies of "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." He candidly shares his perspective on the current state of philosophical discussion, emphasizing the proliferation of superficial content designed to prop up mediocre intellects. Molyneux criticizes the misuse of academic knowledge, suggesting that many merely regurgitate university-taught concepts without genuine understanding or depth. He particularly points out the pretentiousness of certain individuals who employ these surface-level concepts to project an image of profundity.
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"There's an entire industry out there of cannon fodder nonsense that is designed to prop up midwit brains and make them seem deep."
"And just all of this nonsense is put out there as cannon fodder for midwits to impress idiots with how deep they are."
"It's just ways that people can pretend to be deep because they scraped a few things out of their university nonsense wagon, right? Social contract, man."
"But it's all a bunch of stuff that just flows out like this slow, brain-deadening, soul-eating, tapioca crap syllable idiot fest."
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"Since you are all very clever readers, you will be replying to me in your mind something along the lines of this: 'Ah, you say, Mr. Philosopher, that no one can accurately predict the future, but you also state that hitting children has negative outcomes!'
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