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Well put. Rogan isn't an expert in any field really. There are people who devote their mind to one thing and are leaders or pioneers in science etc. and there is Joe. It's not a slight he isn't a dummy he may portray himself as one at times to be more relatable but I'm going to just go with he is a person who has intelligence but is more instinctually clever, able to appeal to the masses, read social cues, manipulate perceptions and be successful. You could call that a real intellectual if you want. I don't want to put a box on Joe it's just you know my opinion. He made it as a stand up comedian even if he isn't the best go try it. It's not easy. I wasn't bashing Rogan. I'm pretty sure all I've done is complement him?
I think of an intellectual moreso as someone exactly like Joe Rogan. One who knows how to ask the right question at the right time. Engage in conversation. To make people question everything.
Think a Plato or a Socrates of our time. The reason they where there was to ask all those dumb questions.
Had social media been around at the time of Socrates, he would have been ridiculed and killed off much earlier.