Why is it that self-taught writers have more charm than University-educated writers...

Why is it that self-taught writers have more charm than University-educated writers? I'm talking about people like Jorge Luis Borges or Clark Ashton Smith, among many others. Does formal education kill creativity?

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Formal education hems in your ideas about what literature is and what it is capable of.

I don't understand what makes Aleister Crowley so evil. Like what did he do? Wear a silly hat and write schizoposts?

drugs, sexual deviancy, espionage, etc

Jorge Luis Borges did study literature at a university though, it shows in his writing as well.

I agree with you however, I've always considered G.B. Shaw the most charismatic author to ever exist, and without a doubt he never would have been able to write the way he did being held down in an institution.

University teaches you what to think, what to write, what opinions to have about what things, often while merely presenting enough prestige and noise to seem convincing, while falling back on obviously biased cynicism towards anything they don't understand. People who are self taught, are generally more susceptible to the aesthetics of an argument rather than social vogue, and tend to be drawn accordingly towards metaphysics, Schopenhauer, conspiracies, and mysticism.

That's just a reflection of your interests. Other people find university types interesting and informal types non-interesting. Don't make the mistake of conflating your interests with truth. Why do you find certain types of people interesting verus others? I'd have to know you to tell you that. You're a product of your genes and your environment. I don't know your genes or your environment.

Think about it- how can you be charismatic if you think you're somehow superior to the people around you? It fucks with your ability to listen and identify with people. Elite universities have always sold their attendees on being superior to the majority of the population whether its true or not. It's part of the allure. How can you sit next to your fellow human being and capture their emotions faithfully if you think you are somehow a better kind of human being than they are?

>"Jorge Luis Borges did study literature at a university though, it shows in his writing as well"
>being such a self-taught genius that Anglos actually think you went to Uni
That's pretty impressive.

I could have sworn Borges studied literature at some important university in France, perhaps I'm thinking of someone else. As a self taught drop-out myself it's very nice to know that so many of my heros are cut from the same cloth as me.

This is a very University-Educated response.