What must someone be, in your eyes, to be considered an intellectual?

And is self-identifying as an intellectual pretentious?

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I think Im smarter than most people my age (just like you), but Im not "intellectual" in the way I think of it.

When I think of intellectual, I think of liking to read books, well motivated, things like that.

I just dont fit into that category.

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I actually try to simplify things as much as possible.

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When I talk, I tend to elaborate. A lot. In high school, I wanna be on debate and I know I'll be good at it because I remember lots of things and can talk eloquently and fluidly like I'm talking to one of my girlfriends. Actually, me and my friends actually have political and religious debates all the time.

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I'm not like that.

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In my eyes, to be considered an intellectual, one must be pompous enough to believe that oneself is superior to others (mentally, at least). In my opinion, being considered an "intellectual" is negative.

I think that self-identifying as an intellectual is very pretentious. It's trying to take a claim of great intelligence, when in fact one is just extremely well-read.

There are people who are of superior intelligence, but I really think they are extremely rare. I definitely would not say I've met anyone here with said superior intelligence. That being said, I suppose that's good, because they seem to usually die before their teen years are up (the few cases that I have seen, this has been the case); it's probably better that they're off in the world doing things.

I won't get into my perception of intelligence, because that's off topic. But, needless to say, it's different from the "traditional" views on it.

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I would say that an intellectual was someone who consciously pursues information and knowledge and who constantly seeks situations to display what they've collected.

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If you're in University, you're an intellectual. Enough said, really.

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You're kidding, right? Have you ever MET anyone who attends university?

Run a search on facebook for groups:

"let into college" and you'll find many groups alarmed at just how many morons are admitted.

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