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Is cynicism a prerequisite of true intelligence?

>> No.3161397

But Bobby wasn't cycnical in that episode at all...

>> No.3161396

FFFARTTTTT

>> No.3161399
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>2012
>not understanding that intelligence is complex and multifaceted

>> No.3161404

It doesn't have to be op. I prefer to be optimistic about the world around me because I don't see the point in making myself miserable by assuming the world is absolute shit. You'd have to be pretty stupid to spend your lifetime like that, or at least I think so.

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>>3161404

This guy has it right. Cynicism is often nothing more than self-fulfilling prophecies and pretentious bullshit.

>> No.3161427

No. You can be cynical and dumb -- which is often the case; or cynical and intelligent. It's not a prerequisite.

>> No.3161429

Cynicism seems to be popular with those who think critically. Those who think critically consider themselves more intelligent.

>> No.3161438

>>3161429
Because... they are?

>> No.3161448

>>3161429

They're stupid in some ways. Some of them think things have to be bleak and some are so eager to express criticism that they end up making mistakes in their criticism, tergiversating and yet continuing to exercise such cynicism

>> No.3161447

>>3161427
I dont think you understand what prerequisite means

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>>3161427
>No. You can be cynical and dumb -- which is often the case; or cynical and intelligent. It's not a prerequisite.
>--which is often the case;
>--...;
>opening a side note with a dash and ending it with a semi-colon.

You done goofed up!

>> No.3161473

Cynicism is for poor people. You can keep enjoying luxury if you exercise epicurean restraint.

>> No.3161484

>>3161448

People who make highly equivocal statements are often labeled as cynical. This doesn't have to be the case.

>> No.3161500

>>3161484

True

>> No.3161516

To quote Turgenev:

"I don't know whether you will agree with me, Darya Mihailovna, but in negation - in complete and universal negation - there is no salvation to be found. Deny everything and you will easily pass for a man of ability; it's a well-know trick. Simple-hearted people are quite ready to conclude that you are worth more than what you deny. And that's often an error. In the first place you can pick holes in anything; and secondly, even if you are right in what you say, it's the worse for you; your intellect, directed by simple negation, grows colourless and withers up."

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>>3161516

>in negation - in complete and universal negation - there is no salvation to be found.

I totally agree with this guy but often, the people who are cynical don't care for or even want salvation of any kind; in fact,they often think it (and any other positive thing) is "impossible"

>> No.3161539

No, it's a side-effect.

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>>3161516
>Turgenev

>> No.3161573

If someone was truly intelligent they would have figured out how to simultaneously be happy and smart.

>> No.3161581

>>3161549

ho noes, he's not D&E like Dostoevsky