There's this fella on a message board who goes by the name "Diogenes the Cynic." He takes tremendous pride in his intelligence which, quite frankly, is tremendously overrated.
Don't get me wrong. He is bright and he's very knowledgeable. The problem is that he has no concept of his limits. He prides himself on his knowledge of religion, for example; indeed, many posters admire his expertise in this regard. His actual depth of knowledge, however, is appalling. He also takes a tenacious view of matters both religious and political, to the point where he ignores and any all facts that contradict his views.
He used to be more respected. In more recent years though, I think that people have come to see through his bluster. It didn't help that he predicted that he could write a high-quality TV script on the first try, even though he had never written for that medium before and had never experienced the challenges that actual TV writers encounter.
Diogenes is an empty suit.
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