Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I watched a video of a guy complaining about something something similar and it ended with a really good phrase: don’t even bother engaging with non-apple rotators
NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
What are non-apple rotators?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 23 hours ago
People who can’t rotate an apple in their head. In the context of the video - people who don’t interact with abstract arguments and think you’re talking about specific things or people instead
NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Aha, I gotcha. That’s a pretty apt analogy, I like it. Yeah, it’s pretty frustrating talking philosophy with someone and they’re all like “it’s not that deep, bro”, when in reality, it’s a hotly contested topic in academic philosophy. So I guess it’d be like “bro, it’s just a flat, red surface” when you’re trying to talk about how the stem is attached to the core in a way.
snooggums@piefed.world 18 hours ago
I interact with abstract arguments but can’t rotate an apple in my head because of aphantasia. I can easily handle the concept of rotating an apple though.
Funny enough, my ability to estimate how three dimensional objects fit into real space is really good despite not being able to visualize it.
BladeFederation@piefed.social 12 hours ago
This is crazy to me. I would have gone insane as a child if I couldn’t have imagined badass scenarios in my head when I was bored.