# Intellectual Dark Matter # Intellectual Dark Matter Some examples of (exposed) intellectual dark matter: * [[Embedded growth obligations]] * [[Load Bearing Fiction]] In a way, the whole point of thinking through writing is to expose your own intellectual dark matter. [[Hunch, notion, idea]]. When people say “oh that book that is blowing everybody’s mind isn’t saying anything new” they are usually talking about a book that exposed intellectual dark matter. Concept originally from [[Samo Burja]] in [[Intellectual Dark Matter - Article]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Intellectual+Dark+Matter) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Intellectual+Dark+Matter)