Inverting things, I’ve recently begun wondering whether a good way to subvert the pervasive ideology of “the super-rich are super-rich because they are geniuses, so it’s fair” is by increasing the visibility of mathematicians and physicists, so that people be exposed more often to actual off-the-charts intelligence.
This can still degenerate into undue IQ worship at times, but at least the ego trips of scientists tend to take much more benign forms than those of billionaires, generally speaking.
by increasing the visibility of mathematicians and physicists, so that people be exposed more often to actual off-the-charts intelligence.
While I like this idea, there’s a general rejection of the intelligence and knowledge of Academia in America. I’m not sure exposure to it would change minds as much as re-enforce the feeling that they need to bully “nerds” who speak too eloquently for them to understand.
Inverting things, I’ve recently begun wondering whether a good way to subvert the pervasive ideology of “the super-rich are super-rich because they are geniuses, so it’s fair” is by increasing the visibility of mathematicians and physicists, so that people be exposed more often to actual off-the-charts intelligence.
This can still degenerate into undue IQ worship at times, but at least the ego trips of scientists tend to take much more benign forms than those of billionaires, generally speaking.
While I like this idea, there’s a general rejection of the intelligence and knowledge of Academia in America. I’m not sure exposure to it would change minds as much as re-enforce the feeling that they need to bully “nerds” who speak too eloquently for them to understand.