TIL about the concept of "amathia", a Greek term that roughly means "intelligent stupidity." This concept is used to explain why otherwise intelligent people believe and do stupid or evil things. "It is not an inability to understand but in a refusal to understand."

I’m a jack of all trades as it gets, degree in Philosophy, recorded with Grammy nominated producers, play a number of instruments professionally, taught at a Uni, worked in Carpentry and on the railroad, speak Chinese, Italian and some Arabic and Latin, 4 year varsity wrestler at a D1 school, I can paint, sculpt, and sketch as well as any professional artist, take apart computers, program in R, host and produce a radio show, worked with MRDD in a psychiatric ward, an avid climber, Freemason and campaign communications director.

I can not call myself a master of any of these, and hate to sound like I’m bragging here, I’m happy to admit I actually with certainty, very little.

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