It's reasonable to ask what proportion of profundity is a cover for something
versus a marker for something. I still tend to give people the benefit of the
doubt. So when I see either something that seems profound (to me) or others
saying or acting as if something's profound, it's a marker for my or their
confusion, respectively. While it may be true that there are grifters out there
who sow profundity, purposefully, in order to mask their rational plans, that
sounds conspiritorial to me. A good edge case might be Elizabeth Holmes. To
what extent did she know her claims were bullshit? Or to what extent did she
convince herself that her bullshit was true/useful?
Regardless of the proportions, the grifters don't breed bullshit so much. They prop it up artificially.
Bullshit begetting more bullshit (i.e. breeding) has another home. I grant that it may not be profundity,
directly. Maybe it's the confusion underlying the profundity. But the reason I think it's more the profundity
is because the people I see who are most guilty of it are attracted by the "awe" or the
"beauty" of some thing. They *want* to get stoned on some aesthetic, whatever it is ... carried
away, ecstatic, blissful, etc. Like a paradox or sophism, there's a kind of orgasmic feeling to profound
things ... "like. whoa, man."
And *that's* the breeding ground, where Angels become Demons.
On 8/8/24 11:03, steve smith wrote:
Maybe. I'm not convinced. Profundity is THE breeding ground for bullshit.
I'm more inclined (in the context of my own profundity or perhaps more aptly
prolificness or prolixity) to suggest that it is more of a mask (and therefore
enabler?) of bullshit than a breeding ground. Could be a fine hair I suppose.
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