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Many individuals who are blue pilled also suffer from a sense of anti-intellectualism. You may be aware that you need to lift to improve your body, but you must also improve your mental abilities. Intellectualism is a masculine trait that Hollywood and feminism have made into a farce. Anti-intellectualism is common among blue pilled people who believe that most of our sexual knowledge should come from "common sense". It’s okay to be nerdy.
Intro
Intellectualism is a term that, depending on the context, either refers to a certain philosophy of truth or to a pronounced emphasis on rational thinking. Philosophically, intellectualism is the idea that all truth and all morals are questions of pure knowledge, that a person’s will is invariably led by the intellect. In more common usage, intellectualism implies a personality trait of people who greatly prefer rationality and logic to emotions or who routinely engage in high-level thinking.
1. If you want to become Red Pilled and best version of yourself must get rid of anti-intellectual beliefs and practice mental stimulation. Anti-intellectualism is the glorification of mental mediocrity and making fun of intelligence in favor of so-called "common sense" or “street smarts”. Just like you lift to change your body, you need mental stimulation to challenge your mind. Don't fall for that blue pill belief that doing mentally stimulating hobbies is "uncool" or for losers. They may not attract the opposite sex but they will help you grow. It's alright to be a nerd or a geek, the reason its unpopular is because Hollywood media makes it seem unpopular because they would lose money. Realize that sexual strategy can be learned and it is not "common sense" to know how to attract women. Finally, intellectualism is a masculine trait that has been forgotten in the modern era. In America and in many parts of the western world being perceived as a "nerd" or "geek" has a negative reputation and are stereotyped as persons who are socially awkward and losers. For many minorities like African Americans and Latinos speaking well and perusing higher education is seen as “acting white”. Most blue pilled people believe that you were born with the natural ability to be “book smart” or street smart”. Another aspect of anti-intellectualism is that concept that certain hobbies like reading nonfiction books and self-improvement are “weird” or “uncool” because few people do them.
Nerds and Mental Stimulation
2. To be red pilled is to be comfortable doing activities that might be nerdy. You need mental stimulation to grow as a person. . In the book "Curse of the High IQ" by Aaron Clarey, Clarey describes having high intelligence as a gift and a curse. High intelligence is a curse because if your IQ is 115, (base IQ is 100), then the number of people at your intellectual level is about 13.6% or roughly 1/7 people. If your IQ is 130 then only 2.1% of people are at your own intellectual level or 1/50 people. These make it extra hard to make friendships with people who are less intelligent than you. An extra curse is that 1/3 of the population has an IQ between 85 to 100. Having an IQ of 115 and trying to plate a girl with an IQ of 85 is a 30 point difference! This is the equivalent of an adult talking to a six grader! I suspect the reason that one of the red pill theories to treat women like children is because 2/3 of them may feel like you are having a conversation with a ten year old. Having a higher IQ leads to a higher chance to overanalyze women's action when the truth is that their moods and irrationality are spontaneous and have no pattern.
The red pill encourages you to Lift to have big muscles and have greater masculinity. You must also have mental stimulation and pursue a technological, mathematical, creative, or scientific hobby. Some of these hobbies may not be attractive to the opposite sex and that's okay. Depression and boredom is a severe need to challenge your mind. Intellectualism is a masculine trait even if the blue pilled Hollywood media classifies it as "uncool" or "awkward". A red pill is that if you have higher than average intelligence most people are secretly envious of you. Here at the Red Pill we sometimes see others complaining of "reading a novel" when someone makes a large post. They and their ADHD can fuck off. Most men have an attention deficit because they have not been mentally stimulated at all in their lives. This is the physical equivalent to a fatass who complains he is tired from bicep curling the 20 lb. dumbbell.
Mental stimulation is an accelerant for self improvement, the extra fuel that causes a bigger mental fire. Mental stimulation can be meditation, reading nonfiction books, digital art, programming, watching educational books, and even playing complex 4x space games across a galaxy. It helps create new brain matter and helps improve concentration, memory, and calculations. The average person doesn't have the discipline or intelligence to follow these mental hobbies so they label them as "lame". The typical person worldview is a sense of Solipsism where they orbit their phone all day to check on social media. Their day consists of waiting for other people to send those memes, gossip, or cute pics. They spend their attention on mental junk food instead of quality mental stimulation. The reason mental stimulation is not popular is because of Hollywood media.
Hollywood Encourages Anti-Intellectualism
3. To be red pilled you must accept that most of the mainstream media encourages anti-intellectualism to keep you brainwashed to accept their version of what’s popular. Hollywood creates a blue pilled hive mind.
Many of us have noticed that movies, television, and music have strong blue pilled messages. The reason Hollywood and the media encourage this is to distract you. The purpose of Hollywood is to encourage a hive mind so that they can sell you stuff. Consumer culture relies on selling to the most common denominator; which is average intelligence people. People will buy things if they are brainwashed to believe that most people buy them as well. People put a value on what’s popular, its human nature. If most people have the same beliefs then they are easier to sell too. Keep them thinking the same and they will be most agreeable to like your products. Anti-intellectualism thinking is what currently "normal because it’s the path of least mental resistance. Why read or learn when it's not to get a grade? Why do i need "book smarts" if it doesn't matter in the real world? My friends will think I watch videos on computer science because it’s not “lit” [cool]. The red pill is that if would you would rather self-improve them go on social media, follow sports, or listen to popular music then Hollywood loses money. Mentally stimulating activities are not popular because most people don't do them. If more people spent time doing Programming instead of watching NFL then cable companies would lose money.
Rappers with third grade vocabulary have the greatest hits on the radio. Their fans chant their lyrics in Snapchat videos to be seen as cool. Women use social media and post one of the three hundred pictures they took to get likes. Most men are obsessed with watching television and have a tribal mentality with their sports teams with the ritual of sitting at the couch to "watch the game". They wear sports jerseys with another man's name and get upset because the athletes didn't put a ball in a circle or took it past a line on a grass. Finally, as a crime of fashion many people wear logos and brands on their shirts to appear cool. They actually pay money to be walking billboards so other people think they are cool. The reason all those activities are common in society is that most of those people are in a hive mind. People are encouraged to like the same music, follow the same fashion trends, and have the same conversations. It helps keep the population under control by distraction and spectatorism. It's similar to the "Bread and Circuses" policy of Ancient Rome that kept the population happy with free bread and gladiator fights. Hollywood media is designed to get you distracted.
The hive mind is especially strong in African American and Latino communities and accuses those who follow intellectual pursuits as "acting white". I am a first generation Latino here in California, and most Latino men drink alcohol on the weekends and follow sports. If you don't drink alcohol, have no interest in sports, love Trump's America, and speak five syllable words you are seen as acting white. For African Americans if they want to go to University or leave the ghetto they are seen as becoming "whitewashed". This is the hive mind in play. Anti-intellectualism keeps everyone on the same level. If you are smarter than others then the crab bucket mentality of the community makes fun of you for "acting white".
Anti-Intellectualism and Getting Laid
4. To be red pilled you must accept that sexual strategy is a skill that can be learned. Here at the redpill a few of us had the crazy idea to intellectualize sexual strategy in order to get maximum results. One of the most common experiences most of us here in TRP have is that we went to the internet and searched how to improve our Sexual Market Value. The Blue pill encourages anti-intellectualism in getting laid by giving the perception that it takes "street smarts" or "common sense" to get laid. A person that learns how to get laid is seen as a "nerd" because those in Blue Pill land believe all it takes is money, get her drunk, and confidence. If we told most people in our lives that you read articles and watch videos on how to get pussy they would laugh. Blue pillers accept anti-intellectualism because they want to live in fantasy land. Intellectualizing sexual strategy means that the concept of love is a series of social chess moves. The truth is that it actually is.
The common denominator mantra that they will tell us to "be ourselves" or to "keep trying bro". Some of them might be brazen enough to tell us to "stay in our own league" and fuck Becky the 4/10 pig. They have no concept of sexual tension, approaching, escalation, or push/pull. Most guys believe that to get women you have to things that are "common sense" like wearing $200 shoes, get money, and pamper them with attention. We recognize oneitis a mental disease, but to most blue pilled people they see it as "falling in love" or "meeting your soulmate". If you tell the average blue pilled buddy that they have oneitis and show them an article explaining the concept you will be seen as a nerd. If most of us accepted the blue pill narrative that sex and dating is "common sense" instead of intellectualizing it we would have been in trouble.
It would be a nightmare for most women if men learned how to improve their Sexual Market Value and learned their true hypergamous nature. A sexual apocalypse for women because they would have increased competition between themselves. If most men realized that sexual strategy can be learned they would not pay attention to 4/10 Becky who is a single mother, obese, and her furbabies are her life. Anti-Intellectualism encourages men to see women as "mysterious" who speak in womenese and are vague in their body language. It encourages the notion that women are smarter than men because they have a hidden talent to discover bullshit. What we know are shit tests most men see as "she is mad for a reason". AskTRP is full of threads asking for a clarification for "What did she mean when she said...". The reason this is happening is that in Bluepill land we treat what say as some sort of Enigma code that "common sense" should decipher. In Red Pill world we understand that many of the things women say are because of her mood. Actions not words.
Intellectualism and Masculinity
5. Intellectualism is a forgotten masculine trait. Mental stimulation is a defense against mediocrity.
In most of human history the scientists, inventors, and philosophers were seen as role models of masculinity. Mentally stimulating hobbies were the domain of men. It was in the 19th century that the blossoming of higher education for women really started to accelerate around the world with Russia leading the campaign. I am happy that more women have access to higher learning, but in 2018 boys are falling behind. Because of feminism girls are given the "divine right" to be intellectuals while the males are shamed for being nerdy. The "fix it yourself" attitude of home improvement that was taught from father to son is also disappearing. Curiosity and acquiring knowledge should be traits that are welcomed in men. In my Latino culture, it is customary for the oldest son to get a warehouse job and let the daughter go to college. "The men must work, and the women can go to school" are a common belief in Latin American cultures. Anti-Intellectualism leads to mediocrity and laziness, while mental stimulation leads to success.
In most high schools the smartest kids are either segregated into Advanced Placement classes and many of the smartest males are bullied. Hollywood media has dozens of movies that feature a jock [athlete] picking on the male nerds. The red pill is that most jocks plateau in their early 20s, while the male nerds have the highest jobs. Most modern middle and high schools follow the Prussian model of education that was designed to teach obedience, compliance, and social hierarchy. The pace of learning is designed to help the dumbest students have the same learning opportunity as the smartest. Most people hate learning because they equate it to the slow and boring experience they suffered in public school. The reality is that thanks to the Internet learning can be fun and rewarding. You don't need society's permission to do nerdy things.
Most males are average or low intelligence only rely on strength or bravado to impose dominance. They see mentally stimulating hobbies as feminine because a man needs to sacrifice himself for the family. A man must be physically strong and confident and intelligent activities are optional. If you talk to most blue collar workers who have physically demanding jobs they will tell you those office workers that command them are "girly men" who don't have real jobs. Most blue pilled men will tell you that women are smarter than men. Teachers encourage females to pursue college and mentally stimulating hobbies because they are seen as more mature. Young men are seen are more disposable and should find a job instead of going to school. Most colleges have a 65% female to male ratio because boys are taught that being intelligent and getting As in class is not as manly as being the strongest or fastest.
Thanks to feminism a lot of men are lost intellectuality. They feel that women are smarter than them and have a hidden ability to do better in the classroom. They have no desire to learn how to program or pursuit nerdy activities because they don't attract the opposite sex. Thanks to the Hollywood hive mind it makes it harder for men to locate other men to talk about intellectual topics. Think about the conversations you have with women, are any of them mentally stimulating? Some men post on ASkTRP that they don't feel like chasing women and wonder why. The reason is that they're in Monk Mode and have acquired mental stimulation. A woman is good for fucking but her conversations are lackluster. If you want to be masculine you must embrace a love for learning and you must challenge your mind.
Final Thoughts
As a male you need mental stimulation. You need to challenge your mind to become the best version of yourself. The Hollywood media will brainwash you to believe that if something is nerdy it is uncool. They tell you this because they lose money if you practice hobbies that are not popular. If you have above average intelligence then you need to realize it will be harder to find people at your level. Challenge your mind with mentally stimulating activities just like you lift to improve your physical fitness. Who gives a fuck if its nerdy.
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FormlessMask 5y ago
This is the best post on TRP.
S-Blaze 5y ago
One of the best posts that I've seen here.
Also don't try to prove that you're smart, a loudmouth or whatever, speak it through actions and demeanors. This will score high with the ladies and easily earn the respect and friendship of co-workers and friends/strangers alike. As a man you want to be the whole package, brains and muscles (and style), this is what ladies crave the most and this is how you will rise.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Agree. Be smart but don't brag about being smart.
Kevmill29 5y ago
As a first generation Afro/Latino American I approve this message. Growing up a lot people around me treated school like it was unimportant and uncool and mostly wanted to impress the girls at my school. I was always quiet and kept my head down and worked. A lot of these guys and women I used to know now have multiple children, low-paying jobs barely staying afloat, or are selling drugs. When I see them I just think "DAMN homie, in high school you were the man homie." I'm so sick of hive mentality.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
The best advice I give you as a Latino American is to keep studying hard, go to the gym, and limit how much alcohol you drink. Majority of the family are not good role models, and just because someone is your cousin doesn't mean you have to help or hang out with them. Many of the elders are losers who only surround themselves with family and other losers. The way to escape the hive mind is to limit contact with people who are lazy, stupid, or unlucky. In our culture, the concept of family is very strong and it can be a gift and a curse. I am an IT Consultant living a great lifestyle, but most of my life uncles have tried to get me to work in construction jobs just like my other family members. They saw IT as an asian and white thing and didn't understand what programming even was. If I would have listened to them I would have probably be working in the hot sun all day instead of an air-conditioned office. Get educated and don't let the hive mind bring you down.
Kevmill29 5y ago
Thats ironic I’m planning on working in the IT field as well. Thanks for the advice
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Check out cybrary IT , they have a free 43 hour A+ Certification course. Join the Comptia reddit for resources.
Kevmill29 5y ago
I wish I knew this before I bought a bunch of courses on Udemy. I’ll check that out definitely
Mr_Badass 5y ago
BTw if you need books google "Libgen". I got most of my training materials from there. Feel free to PM me if you need an ebook you cant find.
HealthInspector0331 5y ago
An immaculately woven, intricately constructed post that is well organized and concise.
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SKRedPill 5y ago
Only one piece of advice for intellectuals / nerds- remember to ALWAYS speak less and leave people wanting for more. NEVER speak more than absolutely necessary, and only calibrated to your audience. NEVER speak anything irrelevant. The more you expose your knowledge to those who cannot appreciate it, the more you'll be a butt of jokes, the more you come across as 'explaining' rather than commanding. In private, be whatever, but in public, be like others.
Most nerds aren't dumb - but their problem is that they're highly one dimensional and blue pilled, their characteristics would not have helped them survive hard times. Plus the total lack of exercise and zero style, no knowledge of power dynamics, dreadful body language and observation, and maybe some artificial autism thrown in, all of which lowers SMV like jumping off a cliff without a parachute. A red pilled nerd however can pick up the stuff and master it at a staggering pace, if his actions are as intense as his thoughts.
And you need your brains in lifting - because of stuff like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBR4N95asKo - and explain it like a boss like Jeff does.
My own take here is that we are force fed so much knowledge (and propaganda) externally that we've totally forgotten the experiential, intuitive and creative dimensions, our own inbuilt intelligence - which is key to understanding the world by its behaviours. TRP exists as a body of knowledge only because some people had courage to listen to their experiences of what's really going on instead of what they are told. Today you need statistics and studies to validate what is plain obvious to your guts. Technology's beneficial, but it's made us weak.
You know you can prepare for IQ tests right? Spend some time working out those types of problems and your IQ could jump up to values you wouldn't believe you were capable of. Intelligence is not IQ or just accumulating knowledge like a warehouse, your laptop and google has infinitely far more knowledge than you - if you were smart you'd only figure out what needs to be in your head and master the services of google instead. What really matters is grasping capability.
Intelligence is only about making the right choices in life situations, and knowing the what and how of that -- that's all there is to it.
By that yardstick, most nerds are anything but intelligent. Their minds are a dump of facts and figures, but in the total picture, they're really lacking.
Take it from someone who was a blue pilled nerd for over 2 decades OP - only now I see why I was a butt of jokes and people bitched about me behind my back in school. Damn, I'd rate my SMV in school as a number below zero today
Mr_Badass 5y ago
100% Agree. I tend to speak in normal English with most people and only use higher syllable words with needed. Another word of advice I agree with you is to never speak more than absolutely necessary. Most people don't appreciate it when us nerds try to offer them solutions, advice or try to give them the facts about something. Let them talk about their problems and empathize rather than explain. Also most people don't have the curiosity to learn and thats ok. If they want to gossip or complain..just go along with it.
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This. It’s uncomfortable being the dumbest in the room, but that’s where the best growth happens. Not just intellectually, but frame. It will be challenged. As my old pitching coach used to say, “Nut cutting time, boys”.
Thalimarcus 5y ago
Lucky for you, you don't have to worry about that ;)
they_took_his_job 5y ago
Surely there's no wrong room, as long as you're in it
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if you're ed witten then you're screwed lol
uebermacht 5y ago
This comment made my day!
Thanks man, /u/bojsihtekat.
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This is genius. Did you come up with this?
ImHerWonderland 5y ago
This saying has been around forever.
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Oh rly? It seemed like OP made it his own so I was curious. Thanks
dynasty_400 5y ago
Just dont be socially retarded and you can be into whatever the fuck youre into...
HostlessPotato 5y ago
This was a pretty interesting post to read. Lately I've been exploring the ramifications of the red pill view into society as a whole and not just intersexual relationships. Very eye opening, does make you realise that we've been raised into this need for things and all these stupid fake ideas.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Alot of modern sexual strategy stems from consumer culture that started in the 1950s. The main goal in our society is to encourage its people to spend as much money as possible. We are encouraged to do things that "make them feel good" rather than improve their current situation. With the rise of smartphones, many people are addicted to Instagram and Snapchat. They are on their phones all day in a hypnotized state looking at fashion models or food. The redpill is to recognize that you need to become mentally stimulated in a hobby to escape this consumer hive mind.
dialecticwizard 5y ago
I am fit, I am intellectual and by no means am I uncool. Whats the saying. Slowly, slowly, catcheth the worm. The worm in this case being the power to have what you want, when you want and on your own terms. However, being intellectual also means breaking from the herd and standing alone to take stock of reality. As long as you let your emotions rule you and seek easy answers, you will remain impatient and the name of the game we call life, is patience.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Yes, intellectualism leads to individualism because in most scenarios to be an intellectual means to be in solitude. Solitude is needed to have the hyperfocus needed to brainstorm ideas. Most inventors, scientists, and academics throughout history tended to live by themselves and shun society. The book "Deep Work" by Cal Newport goes into great detail about this.
dialecticwizard 5y ago
I went through 6 years of deep solitude and now I am emerging. Like a butterfly learning how to flex its wings as. Alas. Life has thrown me the curved ball of leaving my monk mode. And I am up for that challenge.
UncleChido 5y ago
This is perhaps the best post I’ve seen on TRP.
Most posts talk about lifting and gaming only. Forgetting that it has to be balanced.
Mental - Physical - Spiritual. In that or whatever order you prefer.
There’s a dearth of intellectualism. Annoying how social media glamorises eggheads like the Kardashian’s and other frivolous minds. People with no talent whatsoever and they make Trump president.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
I can definitely make another post about the Mental aspects again. Perhaps a post on how to learn easier.
UncleChido 5y ago
That would be much appreciated. Please do.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
I will make a post and post it in a few days. It will be about how to learn easier and how to get in a hyperfocus state of mind.
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BlackCraneStoic 5y ago
Well written post but have to nit pick at a few points here. The point of the "no child left behind" program wasn't to give "dumb" kids an oportunity to be on par with the "smart" ones. The point is to bring every kid to the same level of servile conditioning so when they're adults they become less of a threat to the State.
Originality is a threat to government interests. What better way to eliminate this threat than to condition everyone on develop along the same frame of compliant mediocrity from prepubescence up?
For all intents and purposes the office workers are indeed effeminate or rather effeminzed. Being around women on a consistent is likely to make a man develop feminine attributes. As humans just as water we take the shape of our environments.
That aside, let's say a manager who has a job in a blue collar facility sees that the workteam is struggling on account of absenteeism, understaffed conditions, etc. He can sub in to fill the roles to make conditions more efficient when his measuse of white collar responsibilites are tended to but instead opts to stow away in the office and play with his phone shying away from physical work while the team struggles. Is this "masculine" behavior or is this behaviour akin to something a woman would do? Would thinking of this manager as a "girly man" or a "faggot" be justified in this situation? It's all too easy to make generalizations without context.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
These are valid arguments and I have made some generations. I agree that office workers tend to be effeminate and most tend to be dramatic like the women. Also I agree that in this scenario that manager would indeed be a massive faggot. He would need to get off his chair, roll his sleeves, and help the team out.
BlackCraneStoic 5y ago
As a Black male though this is true from one perspective this post is quite dismissive when left unanalyzed in it's entirety. To many typical American Blacks education and the pursuit of intellectual development is devalued on account of media influences that encourage materialism. Trash rap with the uderpinnings of the "get mine, f*k you mentality". However, schooling and education are not* synonymous.
For pBlacks that aren't under the heavy influence of mainstream media the Prussian model of schooling both at the primary and secondary levels "teach" or rather indoctrinate from a Eurocentric perspective. For all intents and purposes a Black who attends a predominantly white college is indeed being "whitewashed" not necessarily because they pursue educational development but because they're being conditioned to adopt a cultural point of reference contrary to their own heritage. To the point where they may become haughty in their conditiining and view other Blacks with the same disdain as "schooled' college whites do.
The basis of all education is the curiousity to ask meaningful questions and take the time to disseminate viable answers to said questions. That's genuinely what "street smarts" is at it's root. Since OP failed to make these distinctions and pick up on these nuances I can't help but take this post with a grain of salt.
Mr_Badass 5y ago
This is a very interesting perspective. I would love to learn more about how Blacks are indoctrinated by the Eurocentric perspective. The only source I have is the current "Apeshit" music video by The Carters where they challenge Eurocentric art.
jonpe87 5y ago
another "mental masturbation,my ego need attention" topic
Zech4riah 5y ago
One of the hardest things while gaming is to dumb yourself down. Intellectual conversations in night club don't end up to sex. This includes conversations with intelligent girls as well - also they are just wanna have fun in the clubs.
It's funny how many PUAs preach that you should make your inner PUA part of your everyday self so you could game anywhere anytime. That would fucking mean that I need to turn my brains off 24/7 to be able to have funny light hearted conversations with girls I approach.
I somehow hoped in the beginning of this post that it would address the problem I described above but such a shame it didn't.
Nevertheless a good post!
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Yes there is a time and place for everything. Intellectual conversations are best online or with other Intellectuals.
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laylowwww 5y ago
This can be succinctly summarized by simply saying, "think for your fucking self." The man who rises above the herd is the man who controls the herd, period. Not one gal will ever polish your knob for understanding physics to the highest degree. Being an intellectual has nothing to do with being red pilled. Being red pilled means seeing the game for what it is and doing your best to win. This is some revenge of the nerds shit, hit the showers.
0to100realslow 5y ago
Sometimes being a not particularly smart muscular pretty faced Chad works better. We here like to think we are conscious of a red pill philosophy, or what we chose to accept from it. That's a little bit of intellectualism so he has a point.
Wholesomeloaf 5y ago
I agree that mental stimulation is important and that being smart can be advantageous. But the way this was written makes me cringe. Rise above the Neanderthal sports jocks and embrace your inner nerd! You've binged on too many high school teen movies.
I've yet to meet a single woman, let alone person who does not find intelligence attractive. That's not to say your go to topic of conversation should be about sociopolitical history or calculus problems.
Do that stuff in your own time and let people know about them IF they're interested. Don't pretend you're being abused and teased about being an 'intellectual' all the time - you're not, unless you use every opportunity to tell people about it like the vegan or cross fitter or F45er. No one gives a fuck.
kryptofinger 5y ago
It is only through conflict that an organism will either find itself...or find it's self lacking, this even apply's to society and nations. Apathy and stagnation is death before has even occurred.
Also to everyone who thinks being nerdy is for the weak, take a serious look at the world you currently live in, computers and tech is the present and will be the future. Use this knowledge to your advantage!
Learn a skill that is in great demand and limited in supply and power will come to you or continue to be apathetic to the current trend and wake up a slave to someone else.
Razkolol 5y ago
Long term you're a lot better off when you train and stimulate your mind, you'll see opportunities that most people would miss, you won't be a slave to consumerism (changing 5 years old car/motorcycle for the brand new model; buying the new iphone#whatever when your old one works perfectly; getting random branded expensive clothes; getting in debt for consumer items; etc.). When your realize how the world works you adjust yourself to it and benefit from it. People don't realize that working the same mindless job for years will make them useless when that job gets automated, and their brain will be too atrophied to pick new skills up at that point. What also fucks with your mind is spending too much time with low-iq people (especially plates), listening to their stories and participating in the conversation w/o being a full blown asshole is tiring, you're losing brainpower/get in a trance where your brain is operating at 10% capacity. The same way muscles will atrophy if not used your neural connections will do the same (they are cells after all, why would your body maintain them if they're not doing anything).
DrHavick 5y ago
Never let a woman steal your mental fortitude.
theTurkeyDancer 5y ago
there is often a line between book-smarts from with-in (what we do here) and book-smarts from with-out (what we do in school). this post would be more powerful with less emphasis on nerdiness and the formal education setting. that's just a slice of intellectualism.
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enkae7317 5y ago
I absolutely agree. I know somebody that was in all AP and honors in HS and dropped out to attend community college struggling with their classes. They don't want to strive to go far, either. Settling for an associates degree. However I just about half-assed my way through HS with B average taking normal "regular" classes. I graduated with a degree in STEM (Bachelors of Science) and am pursuing a health-related occupation. Thinking about my Masters in a year or two.
The point is--HS ain't shiiiiet, yo.
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Depends on the school. All the kids in my AP classes just cheated a lot.
theTurkeyDancer 5y ago
there are try-hards everywhere. you're missing the point. The OP is not putting those kids on a pedestal, he's calling for mainstream society to stop negging them.
needoptionsnow 5y ago
Your nag really does nothing to contribute to the discussion of mental stimulation and anti-intellectualism that OP initiated, yet it is the most up voted comment in this post. This subreddit is turning into shit.
GoingToMAGA 5y ago
Opposite of my school. Everyone in the AP classes were clearly ahead of others. HS didnt want people scoring less than 4 or 5s on the AP tests.
Jen_Rey 5y ago
Whats wrong with fiction books? I really enjoy H.P Lovecraft for example.
MereanaGlersgov 5y ago
Lovecraft is amazing. Haven’t read the post yet, but the stereotype that fiction is less important or beneficial is bullshit. Fiction stimulates brain, just like any other book does, it improves memory, imagination and vocabulary, among many other things, that non-fiction can’t always offer. Both things have their own benefits.
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Beegoop 5y ago
While it's true that you need some sort of mental stimulation - it's simply just good for your brain, and who doesn't like feeling smart - this post is psuedo-intellectual bullshit of the highest degree.
This reads like the fantasy of the type of nerd that hit the gym, cleaned up, and is suddenly having success with women, so now he's all high and mighty. News flash, much like in highschool with the Chads who fucked the nerd's crush, no one gives a fuck how smart you are, that's not what people care about, and being able to summaries some books from memory isn't going to help you nearly as much as being a personable, fun, and real.
No one gives a fuck if you read a book every 3 days, no one gives a fuck if you read Stephen Hawking's latest publication front to back 3 times, no one cares if you simulated a galaxy in some space simulator. As long as you're not a complete fucking moron, you're golden. Now, is it nice to know new things? Read an interesting book? Yeah, of course, but this is the type of thinking that gives "intellectuals" that bland, pathetic, nerdy stigma OP complains about. The pay off of these things is VERY small post-college, the only thing that may actually help you is learning a skill - which TRP recommends. If you can make money off it, even better.
Just some points here on why I think this post is AT LEAST 90% pathetic bullshit - if I ignore obvious tidbits like "read a book," it's definitely 100%.
First of all, this line right here should make it clear this post is going to be a bunch of bullshit. Whenever somebody mentions IQ, mark them off, as told by one of the greatest intellectuals of our time
It hasn't been forgotten, there are reasons why some companies only higher the best of the best, it's just that you've grown up with the false notion that geniuses are popular. They don't matter in this world, not to most of the population. The girls you pick up at bars don't see your intellectualism as anything but "hey, he's pretty smart." If they did value intellectualism, these same wimpy nerds you talked about would be fucking them, and everyone would want to be that nerds friend today. No one gives a shit, it's not as important as you think.
This is that "Intellectual" thought, no doubt. Intellectuals understand that sports are primitive, and we're all basically monkeys entertained by the glowy box.
Fuck man, I don't even want to go through the rest of it anymore, I can't deal with it - does that make me a nonintellectual?
HealthInspector0331 5y ago
I'm eating and frankly don't expend more energy than needed but your viewpoint is a straight line. You lack higher wisdom and are missing 720° of knowledge. You see with your senses and that's your downfall
youcantdenythat 5y ago
It starts with the attitude that school is dumb, and in many ways it is dumb, but go to a poor country where they don't have a school system like ours and kids think school is great because most kids don't get the chance to go to school.
He's specifically talking about the idiot young people who would never read a book unless they are forced to. The young people who don't bother to learn to spell or use punctuation. Right now it's cool and trendy to be a dumb stoner. That's his audience, not you.
ChadsLeftNut 5y ago
This is where your issue lies, too much reliance on external validation. Not everything you do is because you want someone to "give a fuck about it"
RossDDMarshalls 5y ago
I don't believe the OP was referring to any sort of IQ bragging. I don't think he even mentioned his own IQ. IQ is a general estimated measurement that helps understand an individual's ability to process information. The OP was giving an IQ distribution breakdown for the purpose of using that breakdown to make informed decisions.
IQ is a theoretical measurement based on real factors. People can cheat on IQ tests and lie about their own IQ, but the underlying attributes that IQ is attempting to measure are there, and those distinguishable attributes seem to have been generally measured and documented over the years. This is useful information.
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What is wrong with talking about IQ? Please explain. IQ is a valuable and accurate test of intelligence.
blister333 5y ago
You do it for yourself, not for some bimbo or the guys at the bar. That’s the OPs point
Beegoop 5y ago
I didn't say it wasn't for yourself. I said that no one gives a shit, and that it doesn't matter nearly as much as you might think it does - hence the part where I mentioned that if you wanted to read a book and such, go for it. Wild how you missed that part, and at the same time ironic since OP spends the majority of the post talking about how other people view "nerdiness" and how he sweats the dynamics of this "post intellectual" world.
If anyone is looking for validation on intellectualism - or on how important it is in general life - it's OP, so you can talk to him about how he's not doing it to impress anyone, and is doing it simply for the love of knowledge.
This post is 80% complaining about "the hive mind" and crying about how society looks down on "nerdy things."
jamesbond8181 5y ago
Wow I get what you mean but you wasted so much time writing your posts and you didn’t even read the full original post.
God damn you are dumb and you do everything for others. Pleasant life eh ?
Beegoop 5y ago
It's not wasted time if people read it and contribute to the discussion whether they agree or not. We're all here to learn.
And who says that I didn't even read the full post? Definitely not me, I just didn't want to go ahead and dissect it further. God damn you are dumb.
Jonmad17 5y ago
Being a computer nerd might not help you get laid, but it does help you get a high status job which is attractive to some women. Being cultured, on the other hand, (i.e. have a good understanding of art and literature) absolutely does make you more attractive to a lot of women.
Also, IQ is a perfectly legitimate measure of intelligence. Stephen Hawking was a smart guy, but psychometrics wasn't his area of expertise.
Beegoop 5y ago
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This is literally one of the most basic pieces of advice TRP offers, there's no need for this psuedo-intellectual rambling.
Knowledge is power, money is power. Education leads to higher chances of making higher amounts of money. Women like men with money. (Most) Women don't like complete morons. This is a nobrainer.
Now, we can all sit here and dream about the women who swoon while you play some original acoustic guitar song, but if we're being realistic, artistry barely matters when it comes to women - no more than does inviting women out to go hiking, biking, to a play, etc. If they're not interested (bored) by the subject matter at hand, they don't give a shit.
They could give two shits if you know how to play an instrument or can recite Shakespeare - band members and art/literature students get cheated on all the time - they are pretty much the poster boy for it. It's obvious that intellectuals like OP have a type, whether they like to flex their knowledge on them or not. If you find a woman genuinely interested in your hobby/studies, enough to the point that they ask questions on their own accord, and can carry a conversation about it, congratulations, you've found a unicorn AND you have the bonus of having your ego stroked because this girl is so into you right now.
Otherwise, you're just feeding her brain thoughts of "wow, he's smart," not "wow, he's such an intellectual."
They don't like your knowledge, they like that you're knowledgeable and it depends on the type of woman.
Having knowledge about something the chick is not interested in is not going to help. Believe it or not, many women really don't give two shits about the things their men are interested in, so if you're not doing your hobbies/studies for yourself - like I agreed with - why are you even doing them? In the hopes that some chick gets wet at you singing some Pink Floyd or something? Didn't work this time? Well, I guess there's always the next chick you can "casually" spark up a totally nonchalant conversation about your knowledge about x.
"Hows about we head back to my place and play you Beethoven's 4th?" - Guy wearing some dress shirt, cuffed blue jeans, and Clarks Desert boots.
There are only certain types of women this will work on, and if you're into them, that's fine, just know that this "a lot" of women you talk about really just encompasses a few types of women, and decreasingly so in this day and age - with a good amount of them approaching/just passing the wall.
Jonmad17 5y ago
I can just tell that your conception of what women want is based on interacting almost entirely with white trash. If you agree with OP's notion that knowledge is a sort of power in itself, then why are your panties all twisted about him telling people to focus on acquiring knowledge? I get that OP is one of those insufferable guys who saw Idiocracy once and thinks we're headed towards some sort of cognitive decline because supposedly brilliant people like him aren't breeding, but the core of his post is absolutely true, which is that acquiring knowledge for its own sake has been considered a masculine pursuit until very recently, and that we shouldn't perceive study as effeminate.
As for my point about cultural knowledge, unless you're dating absolute trash being cultured and well-read does make you more attractive to women. People who read literary fiction regularly have a much more acute understanding of how interpersonal relationships work than the people who don't; fiction is basically a low-resolution model of the world that shows us how people could perceivably act in any given situation. Also, having a deep understanding of both high and low culture can help you navigate between socioeconomic groups. This stuff doesn't replace looks, but for two equally attractive men it can be a deciding factor.
Beegoop 5y ago
Far from it my friend. I's ironic too because I removed an example I had about this girl in college whose entire music library was based off her Forest Hills Jewish parents, but you can reach as far as you like.
Apparently white trash girls = any girl not getting wet at someone's cultural knowledge about the Greeks or my extensive knowledge on Cubism. Wake up.
OP implied the same thing I'm saying about women today - no one really gives a shit about intellectualism on the scale you're thinking of, and I'm not sure why you think I'm getting twisted when I quite literally agreed with the notion that having this kind of knowledge is only a good thing - because it is.
Trust me, you don't have to tell me about navigating between socioeconomic groups, I live that life just by making plans to meet up with this chick going going to med school in my city, the chick living down in my city projects, my Jewish friend living in the UES, my friend living in Chinatown, and basically everyone else ony friends list since I'm an immigrant here unlike the rest of them. I Hell, I merely have to look at my old Facebook to see that I have more experience with navigating that shit than most of the people here typing from small towns in some other state where most of their friends look like them. Don't take this as bragging either, I just want you to know how fucking far you jumped to conclusions.
Stop with the assumptions and wake up, the situation you put forth with equally attractive men never happens, people are too different, and you're implying that knowledge of some random topic is going to Trump the myriad of differences between two people.
That's what I'm talking about, you put this stuff on a pedestal of its own. You guys are effectively enforcing the type of stereotype OP complains about, and your response is a perfect example. You come off petty and hurt because people don't value the same intellectualism, so much as jumping to conclusions and attacking my character. No one gives a fuck about your knowledge, show don't tell.
Jonmad17 5y ago
You keep vacillating between "of course knowledge is good" and "no one gives a fuck about your knowledge." I get that there's a distinction between using cultural knowledge as a signifier of class and education, and using knowledge quietly for your own material and/or social benefit. My point is that seeking cultural knowledge doesn't just aid the former use, it can also benefit the latter as well. Literature is empathy training, which is invaluable in our less social social media age.
Not to get too pretentious about this, but culture is like the memory of a civilization. The point of imbibing culture is to benefit from the collective wisdom of the people who came before us. Cultured people aren't more sophisticated because they can recite a random Yeats verse, they're more sophisticated because they've synthesized and are utilizing the greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers who came before them. People who aren't cultured are stuck in a 21st century (and material) perspective of the world, which is why people are so surprised when they come here and read red pill truths for the first time. Almost nothing in the right column is new to people who've read the Greek and the Romans.
xpflip4 5y ago
Indeed. Knowledge is power.
We_Are_Legion 5y ago
No matter what way you slice it, bookworms are objectively clueless at many things and tasks that come naturally to others. That we "didn't get it" is a fact or else why would we be here? Their elitism here is justified. Of course, we're exactly as elitist towards the "street smart" group you mention too so its not exactly a one-way street.
The way I see it, there are two forms of wisdom.
- The first is the kind that is concrete, and easy to express in words. There is often a right answer. It is problem solving for the mind. It is factual knowledge. It is found in disciplines such as mathematics and physics. It deals in theories and* evidence*.
- Then there is the second kind. It is abstract, and rather hard to express in words, and when you do express it, it comes off as poetry and resonates emotionally rather than logically. Even people who are masters of it find it hard to express it. There is never a true right answer. It is less to do with the mind and certainly little to do with problem-solving(as I've learned more and more about this, I came to relate it to the concept of higher consciousness than "Monkey-mind" that most meditative disciplines refer to). It is emotional wisdom. It is not found, but often applied in pursuits such as seduction, and social interaction. It deals in expression and subjectivity.
Women and male "naturals" are often masters of emotional wisdom, but do poorly in factual knowledge.
Unhappily, factual knowledge is less essential for personal happiness and fulfillment than emotional wisdom, and these people often live more fulfilled lives, with more of what matters to them.
When we speak of "Inner Game", when we speak of frame, of power-talk, dark triad traits, shit-tests, 48 laws of power, amorality, and all these written-down explanations of things that "naturals" have been aware of all along, we are discussing emotional wisdom.
TRP, at its core, is different from Pickup artistry. It is about all these unsaid emotional wisdom that we ignored for our whole lives as we immersed ourselves in philosophy and separated ourselves from our nature as men. We'd lean more towards "Book of Pook"(Inner game) than say, a book on "Pickup lines and where to use them".
I say, anti-intellectualism is a bit healthy. At least for a little while, while young men reconnect more with their inner male instincts.
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As far as my own idea of what you need to be alpha... well, you need to feel like you don't need anything. Like you are already in abundance.
The path I found that works for me is living more in the present; books like "Book of Pook", "The Power of Now", "Models" helped greatly.
badgerninjacow 5y ago
“Depression and boredom is a severe need to challenge your mind.” This blew me away. I thought I was just an overachieving type-A workaholic ????
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I hate that intellectualism is associated with neediness or geekiness. What does the rational study of interesting subjects have to do with certain men’s inability to socialize or behave as normal masculine men?
It’s just a stupid stereotype that has cropped up relatively recently in Western society, basically since weak, effeminate, socialists took over the academy.
Jonmad17 5y ago
Don't minimize the importance of fiction. Not only is literary fiction more intellectually-stimulating than the vast majority of popular non-fiction, it also gives you a better understanding of the subtleties of human interaction than almost anything else. Reading Dostoevsky is like getting a degree in psychology, and reading Tolstoy is like getting a degree in sociology.
We_Are_Legion 5y ago
Quite a recommendation. Any book in particular you want to share?
IkWhatUDidLastSummer 5y ago
Definitely "Crime and punishment". Demons is good, too.
Jonmad17 5y ago
His 5 great novels are all worth reading. Notes from Underground, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. Karamazov is his masterpiece, but also his longest and most challenging work. You can read Notes from Underground in just a couple days, so that's a good place a to start.
Lib3rtarianSocialist 5y ago
I am taking notes. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy. Okay, on my reading list now.
DayGameChirality 5y ago
What? Intellectualism is frowned upon? Intellectualism is dead? I've noticed NOTHING like you describe, in fact the opposite. Today's word is over-intellectualized, over-focused on the mind and the intellect, while neglecting insight and connection.
Thalimarcus 5y ago
Do this: ask 20 random young people what they're doing during summer or winter break. Most of them will play games, sleep all day, watch tv, etc... Nobody cares about knowledge.
moltenw 5y ago
That doesn't mean that they are frowning upon intellectualism. They can be watching TV, playing games etc but almost everyone, especially girls do respect smart men. Of course, they need other traits as well, but it's always seen as a good thing to be smart.
Gobraves44 5y ago
My brother is a Harvard grad but the biggest falcons fan you will ever meet. Idk if I agree with the only unintelligent people root for sports theory. I like your other points though.
IkWhatUDidLastSummer 5y ago
nowhere did he say that. There are people that are clever but are conformist sheep to society. Thats the very reason they are "clever" within certain fields but suck in other aspects and are uncritical and such.
mleko69 5y ago
Some people in the comment section seem to misunderstand this post. It's obviously not about giving up on lifting and becoming a typical weak nerd, but rather becoming physically AND intellectually superior to others.
With knowledge and intelligence comes wisdom - one of the most important characteristics of a leader. Who cares if you're strong, when you're not smart enough to make good (life) decisions?
It obviously matches with TRP narrative - women leave men who don't know how to live their life, i.e. men who are not smart enough to solve basic life obstacles.
Knowledge is especially valuable for people in higher levels (?) of social hierarchy. There's a reason why elites invest a shitload of money into education of their offspring and themselves. With knowledge comes wealth - if you know a lot about some subject, you may have a chance to spark some business idea and then become wealthy, thus climb higher in social hierarchy and get access to some higher quality pussy.
Sure, you don't need to know physics, math, engineering, biology, chemistry etc. To bang Stacies from local clubs, but Stacies are no reproductional matches for you, valuable men who do their best to have the most from life.
Also, more knowledge leads to more life opportunities. Your IT company has failed? Well, you still have a knowledge about physics and biology, so you may try to seek your chance in other field of market...
Also also imagine you bring a plate to your home and she notices your bookshelf with works of Aristotle, Bastiat, Dawkins, Darwin, Atkins, Feynman, Thorne, Mises, Rothbard, Nietzsche, Rand, etc.. She'll suddenly feel so small and begin to see you as a Unicorn. Why make her pussy wet, when you can make it EXTRA WET?
Also also also we, humans, are curious by nature. If we weren't, you wouldn't come here to read what other people with more knowledge have to write about. Why not expand this curiosity on science?
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Yes, you must do everything you can do be physically and mentally superior to others. If you have the talent and discipline then intellectual pursuits are your birth right. Intellectual pursuits are allowed you to brainstorm and develop new ideas alot easier. The main reason is that you can dominate your competition easier financially and you gather new perspectives. Intellectualism also leads to higher quality pussy and its a grand avenue to greater social circles like you mentioned. I see reading books as a shortcut to success because you are inside the mind of the author. They are providing you with a knowledge transfer that took them along time to acquire.
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Captain_Save_A_Hoe_ 5y ago
I've legit learned more in the last 3-5 months i havent had to go to school than the last 5 years ive learned in school.
manwithoutwire 5y ago
So reading books on the treadmill is okay right? Some guy in asktrp said it was a retarded thing to do.
What about reading books getting from A to B? Its a half hour walk to the gym, should I attempt to read a paperback while on my way there?
RickyRP 5y ago
This is why audiobooks exist
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Rian_Stone 5y ago
This is a giant coping strategy. Girls give two fucks about your chess Skills
HealthInspector0331 5y ago
Girls are secondary. If you do things because girls will or will not like it then girls are steering your boat.
Rian_Stone 5y ago
Op used alpha. And alpha behaviours are panty wetteners. Don't be as big a faggot as op
Jonmad17 5y ago
Girls do get wet if you can play Bach on piano or can quote Keats from memory though. A lot of people don't distinguish between nerdy scientific knowledge and cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge is absolutely sexually valuable.
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BrownGummyBear 5y ago
Hey everyone, we got a badass over here!
Rian_Stone 5y ago
Good, then understand what alpha means here. Makes girls wet type behaviours. Don't twist alpha to mean hobbies
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enkae7317 5y ago
Mental stimulation is definitely key. I engage with my close buddies in various intellectual conversations all the time. However, when I talk to a girl, all she ever talks about are her dramas and other random social media stuff I really couldn't care less about.
At first--I thought that's just how she is. And she isn't dumb. She just sees no value in talking about politics, philosophy, and other various scientific topics.
thecarryone 5y ago
Nice dude.
Besides the ones in your post, what are others hobbies that improve your intellect?
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Rian_Stone 5y ago
Get better parents.
Youre better off searching for shit to make you taller
Mr_Badass 5y ago
Im 5'10 and I have not had a problem with it.
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cuntrolbot 5y ago
Wow... I thought this would be about a different kind of mental stimulation, such as getting out of your comfort zone socially and powering through it. Or the mental rewards of a dangerous hobby. To me that kind of activity wakes your brain up like no other. And this is coming from a guy with an MS in a stem field. "Intellectualism" is fine and has its place but it seems more like daydreaming to me now, I'd rather have to think fast and clearly when my ass is on the line.
Nihev 5y ago
Cant really learn or do anything with science unless you are an engineer
RickyRP 5y ago
Good post, needed to read this
hashedy 5y ago
Very good read, thanks mate!
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Dont think for a moment that a women wont notice that you are outwardly smarter (more competent) than your pears in navigating subjects that evoke thought.
Also the brain is the biggest sexual organ, dont sleep on that either.
I recomend starting by deconstructing your ego by reading 'conversations with god' books 1,2 and 3. Destroying your ego will give you the strongest frame you can imagine.
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He meant shape of the skull. Nobody gives a fuck about muscles if your face (skull) looks like a cuck/simp. Everybody says: "he looks like a cuck" not because he's skinny or lacks alpha behavior but because of the cuck face, his voice tone, short clavicels, small wrist circumfirence etc.
Yes you don't have to be chad, but having weak jaw, rounded head and small frame is genetical and you can cope all you want women will still not be truely attracted to you. But that pill is to tough to swallow even for you red pillers. Also, i'm gonna get downvoted to oblivion.