'what academics thought of him' get that stick out of your ass, as if writing a bs paper is more valuable than literally 95% of jobs XDD
you know what's really sad?
you don't even know just how much you don't know.
you think that you and I are on even ground and that I just have an inflated sense of self worth and that we are intellectual equals or that we are, in some way, capable of the same logical processing power and deductive reasoning, you just didn't finish school and I did...
and the saddest part is that you really never will know what it's like to understand things on the same level as I do, nor will you ever attempt to do such a thing.
you're sort of like a newborn puppy trying to contemplate the existence of a mirror.
you're capable of seeing the world around you, but you will not know why or how it works, and everything that happens to you will be outside of your control or comprehension.
and I feel sorry for you.
because that must be a terrifying and confusing way to live.
and fear mostly leads to fury and lashing out at anyone you can reach, because you cannot influence anything else, and you just don't understand why.
this is the only way you can assert yourself and make you feel in control, and the worst part is... you don't even know how easily we can see through you.
and you are still, ultimately, powerless.
you're just, you know. also embarrassing yourself.