Intellectuals

An ‘intellectual’ is a person who works with topics that require a certain level of intelligence; often they have deep word penetration (Nietzsche). All philosophers are intellectuals, or at least pseudo-intellectuals. Overlaps with ‘nerd’.
"An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about society, proposes solutions for its normative problems and gains authority as a public figure." W19
"It must be noted that--typically--the burgeoning intellectual may/will suffer his/her nadir of social popularity between the age(s) of 12-21. However, after pubescence, everybody realizes how very interesting they (i.e. the intellectuals) are b/c they (i.e. the intellectuals) chose to stay inside, cultivating a personality, while the rest of the general population was drunkenly scrambling to remove their clothes" UrbD19
The Memology of Peak Oil with Chadafrican (Chad A. Haag)
Matthew Smallwood
Nick Land
John McWhorter; Contributing editor at The Atlantic and professor at Columbia University
Malcom X
Martin Luther King
Justin Murphy
John David Ebert 
Zach Leary, son of Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Steven Pinker
Moritz Bierling («Conversation with Moritz Bierling» Streamed live on Apr 22, 2019) 
Joel Davis  
Curt Doolittle. Interviewed by Joel Davis on the latter's podcast. Streamed live on May 22, 2019
John Vervaeke
Christiaan Neeteson is passionate about building communities. With over 6 years of experience in social work, emphasis on the more severe personality disorders, his interest in the workings of the mind is apparent.   
== Rhizomata ==
Men; Philosophers; Scientists; Thinkers; Authors