http://www.intellectualwhores.com/masterladder.html
posted by O71394658 in jixbys thread. here it is in case you missed it.
Read it. every page, then continue
Chimp, listen to me very carefully... you have unwittingly become an "intellectual whore" (see site). Accept it and move on.
It's nothing to be ashamed of, it happens to the best of us
Now that you understand it you can handle it better, but you need to accept it.