/lit/ - Literature

Where do I find high level intellectuals? People that understand the significance of the principle of charitable interpretation and know to value pragmatics over semantics, while preferably also being familiar with the internet's cultures. I've tried mensa, philosophy professors, people with double phds from upper management at my company, random people online that felt like they had that Hessian mark, but in the end they all tune out once I bring up things like self-reinforced delusions of nonsecurity due to insecurity, absolute nihilism being impossible on account of absolute understanding of anything being impossible (even some of the smartest people I've met thought "understanding something or not" was a black or white issue at first), or even just a piece of a type of media they've been conditioned into thinking couldn't be worthwhile.
I just want to talk to somebody that doesn't mention stuff like "the struggle of being smart", "is the persona we are at our most private really our truest? arent we ourselves who we want to deceive most?" and "what if we just... stopped chasing joy?" like it's a novel topic and then stumble through it clumsily. Like I don't mind, I don't think everyone should care about meta reflection just because I happen to. If everybody on the planet thought my topics of interest were dumb then it'd be whatever. But surely there are people out there that do fit my image of a both inspiring and inspirable person.
I was around for early-ish SSC but everyone took themselves so seriously there, not really what I'm thinking of.

>>12013920
Maitre et Commandant

>>12013946
Medea - Euripides