Pseudo intellectualism is as valid as pseudo science. Just because the pseudo intellectual sees a connection between two things, or finds an obscure reference to some word in a dead language, it doesn't make his ideas valid. What happens when these ideas spread is intellectual chaos, and like pseudo science, the diaspora of junk ideas can, and sometimes does, bring great harm to the world because the pseudo intellectual begins with the answer in search of validating questions, not the other way around.
Know what you are discussing or proudly say, "I don't know, but I can find out." That is the mark of a strong mind.
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