Can you help me understand why people are being hostile to my claim that I have orders of magnitude more subject matter knowledge than they do? The most obvious explanation is ugly – that it makes them feel inferior by comparison, independently of whether or not I have any smugness about it (which I don’t).
Well, let me tell you: academics often come across as somewhat smug to everyone who’s not an academic.
But, you missed an even more abundantly obvious explanation: you’re an outsider, so anything you say, other than blatant gestures of joining-the-ingroup, comes across as more hostile than it should.
Well, let me tell you: academics often come across as somewhat smug to everyone who’s not an academic.
But, you missed an even more abundantly obvious explanation: you’re an outsider, so anything you say, other than blatant gestures of joining-the-ingroup, comes across as more hostile than it should.
Jonah has something like 91 posts and has been posting since May 2013.
Ah, really? Interesting! I thought everyone was reacting to his being an outsider. Huh, turns out he’s an insider. Dafuck?