IMO, the portrayal of ‘smart’ characters in media, can do damage to the way people who grow up thinking they are intelligent, will interact with others. E.g. Dr House, House; Rick, Rick and Morty; Sherlock Holmes, Lots of things.
This happened to me growing up, and I was a nihilistic prick as a teenager. For me, the remedy was engaging with media created by real-life intelligent people. The Podcasts “Cortex” and “Dear Hank and John”, have majorly shifted my personality in a positive direction. I wouldn’t have predicted that they would make me a better rationalist, but I think they have done that too.
TLDR: Absorb the personality traits of intelligent and kind people, for a possible easy fix to the problem detailed in this post.
Strong upvote.
IMO, the portrayal of ‘smart’ characters in media, can do damage to the way people who grow up thinking they are intelligent, will interact with others. E.g. Dr House, House; Rick, Rick and Morty; Sherlock Holmes, Lots of things.
This happened to me growing up, and I was a nihilistic prick as a teenager. For me, the remedy was engaging with media created by real-life intelligent people. The Podcasts “Cortex” and “Dear Hank and John”, have majorly shifted my personality in a positive direction. I wouldn’t have predicted that they would make me a better rationalist, but I think they have done that too.
TLDR: Absorb the personality traits of intelligent and kind people, for a possible easy fix to the problem detailed in this post.