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Which summons that quote from The Big Short: The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry.

Thanks for the comment. Haven't watched it, guess I ought to.

I would recommend the book first.

Read poetry: you will find wisdom, not science. Truth, not facts. Beauty, not data.

People writing nice-sounding words does not in fact necessarily constitutes wisdom.

Poetry is a lot less about form than most people think. It's actually the opposite if you think about it, poetry is to write freely.

If you can't analyze your wisdom then it's not worth discussing, facts and data are objective - I don't perceive the the things you mentioned as smart but pretentious.

> facts and data are objective

Sure -- it's just a pity neither you or me or anyone will ever come in contact with them. Everything we think/write/read is based on assumptions/axioms. You don't even have to "dig" to realize that, you just have to scratch the surface.

Analyzing means breaking into parts. Not everything can be broken into parts.