I am not sure which is more cringey, the litany of erroneous assumptions you splayed out or the act of calling upon the student archetype with the intent of derision. Anti-intellectualism, check. src
The /r/zen slap fights are one of the more delicious for me. All of this people accusing others of not understanding and not being enlightened, while just skirting the line from admitting that they think they are enlightened.
Funny thing about that too, /u/wrrdgrrl, is that intuition is often wrong about a lot of things, and stays that way until intellect comes around and straightens out the corners a bit. If anything, intuition is intellect's mentally disabled sibling.
I disagree that intuition is "less than" instinct; but I have learned a bit since that squabble about the difference between the two. So far I have come up with, instinct is something that one is born with, and intuition is something that is developed through learning and experience. My whole venture into zen is to de-throne my intellect because I don't think it deserves the praise that people (me) give it. In other wrrds, I'd rather go by feel than go by a manual. I look back at that exchange now and cringe. Your post has been a lesson for me. Thanks.
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1 snallygaster 2018-05-01
Here's the pasta for you lazy cretins. One of the finest I've seen in a while.
1 TheRootinTootinPutin 2018-05-01
It always makes me chuckle when the denizens of /r/Zen are uppity; makes for wonderful irony
1 SnapshillBot 2018-05-01
I am not sure which is more cringey, the litany of erroneous assumptions you splayed out or the act of calling upon the student archetype with the intent of derision. Anti-intellectualism, check. src
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1 snallygaster 2018-05-01
WOW.
1 Heydammit 2018-05-01
The /r/zen slap fights are one of the more delicious for me. All of this people accusing others of not understanding and not being enlightened, while just skirting the line from admitting that they think they are enlightened.
Funny thing about that too, /u/wrrdgrrl, is that intuition is often wrong about a lot of things, and stays that way until intellect comes around and straightens out the corners a bit. If anything, intuition is intellect's mentally disabled sibling.
1 wrrdgrrl 2018-05-01
Awesome! A fan club. I'm flattered. :o)
1 wrrdgrrl 2018-05-01
I disagree that intuition is "less than" instinct; but I have learned a bit since that squabble about the difference between the two. So far I have come up with, instinct is something that one is born with, and intuition is something that is developed through learning and experience. My whole venture into zen is to de-throne my intellect because I don't think it deserves the praise that people (me) give it. In other wrrds, I'd rather go by feel than go by a manual. I look back at that exchange now and cringe. Your post has been a lesson for me. Thanks.