According to the urban dictionary:
one who, starting from a position of over-educated and under-informed logical supposition, commences making erroneous and devastating judgements about the functioning of the world, and then formally codifies their misunderstanding in dogmatic and arrogant absurdity
h/t Michael Clemens and @justinwolfers.
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Funny, but in reality: a person who justifies who makes what by boring those who don’t into giving up the belief that they can.
LMDO laughing my discipline off
Michael –
I think you can just take out the “formally” and you’re most of the way there.
I can’t find a corresponding definition of “political scientist”. Chris or commenters?