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When intellectual discussion groups become performance instead of genuine inquiry

Our book club started as a way to think seriously about ethics and philosophy together, but it's devolved into everyone just restating positions they already held rather than letting the reading change them. I can see we're all performing intellectual curiosity rather than actually experiencing it, but I don't know how to call that out without seeming like I think I'm better than everyone else.

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