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124 sats \ 26 replies \ @beejay 14h \ on: What's the biggest sign that someone is truly wise? AskSN

They're humble enough to admit they might be wrong, or not as smart
They're not afraid to be themselves and don't really care what others might think of them
They're civil to everyone, even those they disagree with, or might be below (or above) their station

18 sats \ 25 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h

I like these answers, but I think you could have all of these without actually having much wisdom about anything.

So, I'd add that a wise person is going to be able to offer uncommon input that I need to think about.

37 sats \ 22 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 13h

a wise person is going to be able to offer uncommon input that I need to think about.

Only a wise man thinks about the uncommon inputs from another wise man. Stupid people don't take inputs.

17 sats \ 21 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h

Fair enough. I suppose a stupid person will struggle to identify a wise person.

22 sats \ 20 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 13h

Absolutely. Could you please help us identify some of the wisest people of our time?

236 sats \ 19 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h

Not to blow smoke up their butts, but @k00b and @elvismercury are amongst the wisest people I regularly encounter. In general, though, one of my favorite things about SN is that I get to interact with a bizarrely wise group of people.

Two public intellectuals (for lack of a better term) whose wisdom I've benefited from are Lew Rockwell and Jordan Peterson. I no longer follow either of them closely, but they provided some formative input to me that I often reflect on.

33 sats \ 16 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 13h

Thanks.

bizarrely wise group of people.

So rightly coined. I'd say SN is a perfect station of wisest people among all online forums.

I've read about both of your other recommendations while I was studying. I accept I never read them whole heartedly because while studying literature only poetry and satire, especially from the middle ages, interested me. Bacon and Milton used to be my favourite but my taste is slowly tilting towards politics amd psychology in recent times. I guess as we age we start choosing seriousness over humour and satire.