The Perceived Intellectual Hierarchy
Exploring the Notion of Readers’ Supremacy and the Uniqueness of Self-Led Learning
I am an avid reader, and am all for a book containing wisdom of a man’s life but:
Why is it that people-who-read (readers) think of themselves as superior to those who don’t (non-readers)?
Why is it that, readers think they’re intellectually superior to non-readers when readers themselves are trying to gain knowledge from second hand experiences and learnings; whereas non-readers are rather busy in learning and understanding life from themselves, they are living their lives, every second of it, feeling every feeling (I am making certain assumptions), and every experience is making them better.
One thing that is a fact – you’d know it if you’re well-read – is that learning only happens through self and no one is a better teacher than you, so why do readers look down upon non-readers?
Do readers really believe that learning from a book is better than learning and understanding the universe from your own self – which in fact is an inseparable part of universe?
