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Arne Kopfermann on Insta: "Robert Musil–warum Bildung nicht vor Dummheit schützt. Er beschreibt Dummheit nicht als Mangel an Wissen, sondern als Verlust an Genauigkeit in meiner Analyse. Sein Vortrag von 1937 wirkt verstörend aktuell: Nicht der lauteste Ton ist der scharfsinnigste, und nicht jedes vermeintlich sichere Urteil hält einer genaueren Prüfung stand. Wo merkst du bei dir selbst, dass du manchmal schneller urteilst, als es der Sache angemessen wäre?
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Man kann zwar, was psychologisch-real im Individuum vor sich geht, nicht auf Sozietäten übertragen, also auch nicht Geisteskrankheiten und Dummheit, aber man dürfte heute wohl vielfach von einer ›sozialen Imitation geistiger Defekte‹ sprechen können;« 3/3 #RobertMusil »Über die Dummheit« (1937)
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»Es gibt schlechterdings keinen bedeutenden Gedanken, den die Dummheit nicht anzuwenden verstünde, sie ist allseitig beweglich und kann alle Kleider der Wahrheit anziehen. Die Wahrheit dagegen hat jeweils nur ein Kleid und einen Weg und ist immer im Nachteil.« #RobertMusil (Mann ohne Eigenschaften)
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sie ließe sich auch eine Panik nennen, die im Begriffe ist, an die Stelle der Sicherheit zu treten, daß wir imstande seien, unsere Angelegenheiten in Freiheit und mit Vernunft zu führen.« 2/2 #RobertMusil
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»Zwischen Dummheit und Eitelkeit besteht aber seit alters eine innige Beziehung, und vielleicht gibt sie einen Fingerzeig. Ein dummer Mensch wirkt gewöhnlich schon darum eitel, weil ihm die Klugheit fehlt, es zu verbergen.« #RobertMusil
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»Namentlich ein gewisser unterer Mittelstand des Geistes und der Seele ist dem Überhebungsbedürfnis gegenüber völlig schamlos, sobald er im Schutz der Partei, Nation, Sekte oder Kunstrichtung auftritt und Wir statt Ich sagen darf.« #RobertMusil
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»Wenn die Dummheit nicht dem Fortschritt, dem Talent, der Hoffnung oder der Verbesserung zum Verwechseln ähnlich sähe, würde niemand dumm sein wollen.« #RobertMusil
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Robert Musil, acryl op papier, 50 x 40 cm
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Robert Musil, acryl op papier, 50 x 40 cm
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Robert Musil, acryl op papier, 50 x 40 cm
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Robert Musil, acryl op papier, 50 x 40 cm
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Robert Musil, acryl op papier, 50 x 40 cm
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Matematiker utan egenskaper betraktar sitt Wien 1913. Filosofisk komedi. Rätt trist, men skoj med skildringar över Österrike-Ungern.
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Matematiker utan egenskaper betraktar sitt Wien 1913. Filosofisk komedi. Rätt trist, men skoj med skildringar över Österrike-Ungern.
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Zettel 1603
Robert Musil: Die Erwachsenen begehen eine barbarische Sünde, indem sie das Schöpfertum des Kindes durch den Raub seiner Welt zerstören, unter herangebrachtem, totem Wissensstoff ersticken und auf bestimmte, ihm fremde Ziele abrichten.
#Erwachsene #Kinder #Kindheit #Psychologie #RobertMusil #Wissen #ZerstörungDesMenschen #Zettel -
Zettel 1603
Robert Musil: Die Erwachsenen begehen eine barbarische Sünde, indem sie das Schöpfertum des Kindes durch den Raub seiner Welt zerstören, unter herangebrachtem, totem Wissensstoff ersticken und auf bestimmte, ihm fremde Ziele abrichten.
#Erwachsene #Kinder #Kindheit #Psychologie #RobertMusil #Wissen #ZerstörungDesMenschen #Zettel -
Man sagt es gäbe keine dummen Fragen, nur dumme Antworten.
In diesem Sinne: welcher Roman ist besser?#Literatur #umfrage #ThomasMann #DerZauberberg #RobertMusil #DerMannohneEigenschaften
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Man sagt es gäbe keine dummen Fragen, nur dumme Antworten.
In diesem Sinne: welcher Roman ist besser?#Literatur #umfrage #ThomasMann #DerZauberberg #RobertMusil #DerMannohneEigenschaften
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Man sagt es gäbe keine dummen Fragen, nur dumme Antworten.
In diesem Sinne: welcher Roman ist besser?#Literatur #umfrage #ThomasMann #DerZauberberg #RobertMusil #DerMannohneEigenschaften
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Man sagt es gäbe keine dummen Fragen, nur dumme Antworten.
In diesem Sinne: welcher Roman ist besser?#Literatur #umfrage #ThomasMann #DerZauberberg #RobertMusil #DerMannohneEigenschaften
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Egoísmo, ideología del capitalismo. La incertidumbre de Arnheim, del libro "El hombre sin atributos" de Robert Musil:
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“Everything in #publiclife has already ceased to be #narrative and no longer follows a thread, but instead spreads out as an infinitely interwoven surface.”’ - #RobertMusil, The Man Without Qualities
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“Everything in #publiclife has already ceased to be #narrative and no longer follows a thread, but instead spreads out as an infinitely interwoven surface.”’ - #RobertMusil, The Man Without Qualities
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Logbuch der Kritischen Masse: Kritik der generativen Bilder 1926 – Robert Musil
https://www.kritische-masse.de/logbuch/2026/01/kritik-der-generativen-bilder-1926-robert-musil/Die Geschichte ist listig. … Am letzten Tag gehen sie bis zum nächsten Papierladen; dort kaufen sie Ansichtskarten und dann kaufen sie auch noch beim Kellner Ansichtskarten. Die Ansichtspostkarten, welche diese Menschen kaufen, sehen in der ganzen Welt einander ähnlich. Sie sind koloriert; die – Stichworte: #GenerativeKunst #RobertMusil #KünstlicheIntelligenz
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Logbuch der Kritischen Masse: Kritik der generativen Bilder 1926 – Robert Musil
https://www.kritische-masse.de/logbuch/2026/01/kritik-der-generativen-bilder-1926-robert-musil/Die Geschichte ist listig. … Am letzten Tag gehen sie bis zum nächsten Papierladen; dort kaufen sie Ansichtskarten und dann kaufen sie auch noch beim Kellner Ansichtskarten. Die Ansichtspostkarten, welche diese Menschen kaufen, sehen in der ganzen Welt einander ähnlich. Sie sind koloriert; die – Stichworte: #GenerativeKunst #RobertMusil #KünstlicheIntelligenz
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Heute vor 145 Jahren wurde der österreichische Schriftsteller Robert Musil geboren.
Robert Musil ist ein Anagramm von
Bums Tiroler#RobertMusil #Geburtstagsanagramm #AnagrammTextperfekt #Anagramm #Anagramme #TeamAnagramm
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Happy birthday, Robert Musil! 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎉 ✍️ 🥇
❤️ "The Man Without Qualities"
> "Clarisse, however, rubbed her nose very vigorously. ‘But I think it's very important,’ she said, ‘that there's something impossible in all of us. It explains so much. While I was listening I got this feeling: if someone could cut us open, our whole life might look like a ring, just something round about something.’ She had already a moment earlier pulled off her wedding-ring and now peeped through it at the lamp-lit wall. ‘I mean, after all there's nothing in the middle of it, and yet it looks as if that were the very thing that was important to it.’"
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Happy birthday, Robert Musil! 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎉 ✍️ 🥇
❤️ "The Man Without Qualities"
> "Clarisse, however, rubbed her nose very vigorously. ‘But I think it's very important,’ she said, ‘that there's something impossible in all of us. It explains so much. While I was listening I got this feeling: if someone could cut us open, our whole life might look like a ring, just something round about something.’ She had already a moment earlier pulled off her wedding-ring and now peeped through it at the lamp-lit wall. ‘I mean, after all there's nothing in the middle of it, and yet it looks as if that were the very thing that was important to it.’"
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Happy birthday, Robert Musil! 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎉 ✍️ 🥇
❤️ "The Man Without Qualities"
> "Clarisse, however, rubbed her nose very vigorously. ‘But I think it's very important,’ she said, ‘that there's something impossible in all of us. It explains so much. While I was listening I got this feeling: if someone could cut us open, our whole life might look like a ring, just something round about something.’ She had already a moment earlier pulled off her wedding-ring and now peeped through it at the lamp-lit wall. ‘I mean, after all there's nothing in the middle of it, and yet it looks as if that were the very thing that was important to it.’"
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Happy birthday, Robert Musil! 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎉 ✍️ 🥇
❤️ "The Man Without Qualities"
> "Clarisse, however, rubbed her nose very vigorously. ‘But I think it's very important,’ she said, ‘that there's something impossible in all of us. It explains so much. While I was listening I got this feeling: if someone could cut us open, our whole life might look like a ring, just something round about something.’ She had already a moment earlier pulled off her wedding-ring and now peeped through it at the lamp-lit wall. ‘I mean, after all there's nothing in the middle of it, and yet it looks as if that were the very thing that was important to it.’"
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Robert Musil, Percezioni finissime
("Pagine postume pubblicate in vita", Einaudi)
https://www.sagarana.net/rivista/numero9/narrativa2.htmlNel brano la comprensione dell'altro come persona implica che a ogni suo disvelarsi corrisponde una nuova articolazione della intimità con me. Un rinnovarsi dell'equilibrio raggiunto, con me e con l'altro, che continuamente mi mette in gioco nel processo di reciprocità.
L'altro è unicità da accogliere, riconoscere, rispettare, preservare e amare.
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Robert Musil, Percezioni finissime
("Pagine postume pubblicate in vita", Einaudi)
https://www.sagarana.net/rivista/numero9/narrativa2.htmlNel brano la comprensione dell'altro come persona implica che a ogni suo disvelarsi corrisponde una nuova articolazione della intimità con me. Un rinnovarsi dell'equilibrio raggiunto, con me e con l'altro, che continuamente mi mette in gioco nel processo di reciprocità.
L'altro è unicità da accogliere, riconoscere, rispettare, preservare e amare.
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Robert Musil, Percezioni finissime
("Pagine postume pubblicate in vita", Einaudi)
https://www.sagarana.net/rivista/numero9/narrativa2.htmlNel brano la comprensione dell'altro come persona implica che a ogni suo disvelarsi corrisponde una nuova articolazione della intimità con me. Un rinnovarsi dell'equilibrio raggiunto, con me e con l'altro, che continuamente mi mette in gioco nel processo di reciprocità.
L'altro è unicità da accogliere, riconoscere, rispettare, preservare e amare.
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#vendredilecture avec le nouveau livre de l’autrichienne #RaphaelaEdelbauer sorti depuis un mois, « Die echtere Wirklichkeit » (la réalité plus authentique), histoire d’une bande terroriste, « Alétheia », déesse olympique dont le nom en grec signifie « découvert » – la Véritas nue du panthéon latin. On en parle moins que de ses autres livres (notamment « Die Inkommensurablen », sa version de l’homme sans qualités de #RobertMusil paru en 2023), et j’admets qu’il est surconstruit : les ultimes responsables des fake news de nos jours seront #Foucault et #Derrida, faut donc placer une bombe à la fac de philo de Vienne ? En plus c’est mal rédigé, plein de fautes.
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Of course, in the end it's a subjective choice. My preference for the old is because of examples like the following, from the very first chapter:
> They obviously belonged to a privileged section of society, their good breeding being apparent in their clothes, their bearing and their manner of conversing. They had their initials significantly embroidered on their underclothing. And likewise – that is to say, not outwardly displayed, but, as it were, in the exquisite underlinen of their minds – they knew who they were and that they were in their proper place in a capital city that was also an imperial residence.
The first time I read this, the adverb "significantly" in "significantly embroidered" really hit me. Not only it somehow shows the perspective of these two people, but has also a sarcastic undertone. Without this adverb, which is in the original German ("bedeutsam"), that sentence loses much of its wit.
That was the older, E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser's translation. The new one by S. Wilkins & B. Pike runs as follows:
> They clearly belonged to a privileged social class, with their distinguished bearing, style of dress, and conversation, the initials of their names embroidered on their underwear, and just as discreetly, which is to say not for outward show but in the fine underwear of their minds, they knew who they were and that they belonged in a European capital city and imperial residence.
That significant "significantly" is gone in this translation, despite being in the original German. No idea why Wilkins & Pike omitted it.
There are also other subtle differences. For instance the German openly says "In the manner in which they were conversing" ("der Art, wie sie miteinander sprachen"), rather than just "conversation". The latter is less precise and might be instead be taken to refer, say, to the *topic* of conversation rather than its manner. Other example: the "European" appearing in the newer translation is *not* in the original.
Anyway, this is just a typical example of why I prefer the older translation.
Enjoy this outstanding novel!
#robertmusil #themanwithoutqualities #dermannohneeigenschaften
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Of course, in the end it's a subjective choice. My preference for the old is because of examples like the following, from the very first chapter:
> They obviously belonged to a privileged section of society, their good breeding being apparent in their clothes, their bearing and their manner of conversing. They had their initials significantly embroidered on their underclothing. And likewise – that is to say, not outwardly displayed, but, as it were, in the exquisite underlinen of their minds – they knew who they were and that they were in their proper place in a capital city that was also an imperial residence.
The first time I read this, the adverb "significantly" in "significantly embroidered" really hit me. Not only it somehow shows the perspective of these two people, but has also a sarcastic undertone. Without this adverb, which is in the original German ("bedeutsam"), that sentence loses much of its wit.
That was the older, E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser's translation. The new one by S. Wilkins & B. Pike runs as follows:
> They clearly belonged to a privileged social class, with their distinguished bearing, style of dress, and conversation, the initials of their names embroidered on their underwear, and just as discreetly, which is to say not for outward show but in the fine underwear of their minds, they knew who they were and that they belonged in a European capital city and imperial residence.
That significant "significantly" is gone in this translation, despite being in the original German. No idea why Wilkins & Pike omitted it.
There are also other subtle differences. For instance the German openly says "In the manner in which they were conversing" ("der Art, wie sie miteinander sprachen"), rather than just "conversation". The latter is less precise and might be instead be taken to refer, say, to the *topic* of conversation rather than its manner. Other example: the "European" appearing in the newer translation is *not* in the original.
Anyway, this is just a typical example of why I prefer the older translation.
Enjoy this outstanding novel!
#robertmusil #themanwithoutqualities #dermannohneeigenschaften
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Of course, in the end it's a subjective choice. My preference for the old is because of examples like the following, from the very first chapter:
> They obviously belonged to a privileged section of society, their good breeding being apparent in their clothes, their bearing and their manner of conversing. They had their initials significantly embroidered on their underclothing. And likewise – that is to say, not outwardly displayed, but, as it were, in the exquisite underlinen of their minds – they knew who they were and that they were in their proper place in a capital city that was also an imperial residence.
The first time I read this, the adverb "significantly" in "significantly embroidered" really hit me. Not only it somehow shows the perspective of these two people, but has also a sarcastic undertone. Without this adverb, which is in the original German ("bedeutsam"), that sentence loses much of its wit.
That was the older, E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser's translation. The new one by S. Wilkins & B. Pike runs as follows:
> They clearly belonged to a privileged social class, with their distinguished bearing, style of dress, and conversation, the initials of their names embroidered on their underwear, and just as discreetly, which is to say not for outward show but in the fine underwear of their minds, they knew who they were and that they belonged in a European capital city and imperial residence.
That significant "significantly" is gone in this translation, despite being in the original German. No idea why Wilkins & Pike omitted it.
There are also other subtle differences. For instance the German openly says "In the manner in which they were conversing" ("der Art, wie sie miteinander sprachen"), rather than just "conversation". The latter is less precise and might be instead be taken to refer, say, to the *topic* of conversation rather than its manner. Other example: the "European" appearing in the newer translation is *not* in the original.
Anyway, this is just a typical example of why I prefer the older translation.
Enjoy this outstanding novel!
#robertmusil #themanwithoutqualities #dermannohneeigenschaften
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Of course, in the end it's a subjective choice. My preference for the old is because of examples like the following, from the very first chapter:
> They obviously belonged to a privileged section of society, their good breeding being apparent in their clothes, their bearing and their manner of conversing. They had their initials significantly embroidered on their underclothing. And likewise – that is to say, not outwardly displayed, but, as it were, in the exquisite underlinen of their minds – they knew who they were and that they were in their proper place in a capital city that was also an imperial residence.
The first time I read this, the adverb "significantly" in "significantly embroidered" really hit me. Not only it somehow shows the perspective of these two people, but has also a sarcastic undertone. Without this adverb, which is in the original German ("bedeutsam"), that sentence loses much of its wit.
That was the older, E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser's translation. The new one by S. Wilkins & B. Pike runs as follows:
> They clearly belonged to a privileged social class, with their distinguished bearing, style of dress, and conversation, the initials of their names embroidered on their underwear, and just as discreetly, which is to say not for outward show but in the fine underwear of their minds, they knew who they were and that they belonged in a European capital city and imperial residence.
That significant "significantly" is gone in this translation, despite being in the original German. No idea why Wilkins & Pike omitted it.
There are also other subtle differences. For instance the German openly says "In the manner in which they were conversing" ("der Art, wie sie miteinander sprachen"), rather than just "conversation". The latter is less precise and might be instead be taken to refer, say, to the *topic* of conversation rather than its manner. Other example: the "European" appearing in the newer translation is *not* in the original.
Anyway, this is just a typical example of why I prefer the older translation.
Enjoy this outstanding novel!
#robertmusil #themanwithoutqualities #dermannohneeigenschaften
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@GeneseGrill and Samantha Rose Hill are jointly leading a year long reading group to read Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" (the English translation) in honour of Genese's upcoming biography of Robert Musil. I'll certainly be joining, you should consider it too
Details are here:
https://genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-without-qualities-reading-group
#books #bookstodon #RobertMusil #Vienna #austro_hungarian #modernism
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@GeneseGrill and Samantha Rose Hill are jointly leading a year long reading group to read Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" (the English translation) in honour of Genese's upcoming biography of Robert Musil. I'll certainly be joining, you should consider it too
Details are here:
https://genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-without-qualities-reading-group
#books #bookstodon #RobertMusil #Vienna #austro_hungarian #modernism
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@GeneseGrill and Samantha Rose Hill are jointly leading a year long reading group to read Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" (the English translation) in honour of Genese's upcoming biography of Robert Musil. I'll certainly be joining, you should consider it too
Details are here:
https://genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-without-qualities-reading-group
#books #bookstodon #RobertMusil #Vienna #austro_hungarian #modernism
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@GeneseGrill and Samantha Rose Hill are jointly leading a year long reading group to read Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" (the English translation) in honour of Genese's upcoming biography of Robert Musil. I'll certainly be joining, you should consider it too
Details are here:
https://genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-without-qualities-reading-group
#books #bookstodon #RobertMusil #Vienna #austro_hungarian #modernism
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This morning’s reading: the last (published) chapter
#TheManWithoutQualities #RobertMusil #Musil #book #translation
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This morning’s reading: the last (published) chapter
#TheManWithoutQualities #RobertMusil #Musil #book #translation
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This morning’s reading: the last (published) chapter
#TheManWithoutQualities #RobertMusil #Musil #book #translation
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"[...] la bêtise était 'moins un manque d'intelligence qu'une abdication de celle-ci devant les tâches qu'elle prétend accomplir' et 'une dysharmonie entre les partis pris du #sentiment et un entendement incapable de les modérer' ".
cf système 1/système 2 = #cerveau = #alimentation #ecran = #pollution = choix #politique
cf 'aide facilitée' de l'#IA#marmion #cerveau #connaissance #manipulation #psy #science #SébastianDieguez #robertmusil
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"[...] la bêtise était 'moins un manque d'intelligence qu'une abdication de celle-ci devant les tâches qu'elle prétend accomplir' et 'une dysharmonie entre les partis pris du #sentiment et un entendement incapable de les modérer' ".
cf système 1/système 2 = #cerveau = #alimentation #ecran = #pollution = choix #politique
cf 'aide facilitée' de l'#IA#marmion #cerveau #connaissance #manipulation #psy #science #SébastianDieguez #robertmusil
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"[...] la bêtise était 'moins un manque d'intelligence qu'une abdication de celle-ci devant les tâches qu'elle prétend accomplir' et 'une dysharmonie entre les partis pris du #sentiment et un entendement incapable de les modérer' ".
cf système 1/système 2 = #cerveau = #alimentation #ecran = #pollution = choix #politique
cf 'aide facilitée' de l'#IA#marmion #cerveau #connaissance #manipulation #psy #science #SébastianDieguez #robertmusil