How do you separate pseudo intellectual BS from actual intellectual BS?
Is there a way to truly know? How would you be so sure that you haven't missed the point and mislabeled one thing as the other?
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Abstraction · 61-69, M
1. Does it make sense in the internal narrative? Most pseudo intellectual BS comes from people who, if you follow what they're saying, starts to betray themselves by what they say. Do they understand the vocabulary they are using? Is the internal logic consistent? I tend to dismantle philosophically - identifying the presuppositions, etc.
2. You can fact check, check out their sources.
2. You can fact check, check out their sources.