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To: Bahbah
I would love to have his list of who he considers real intellectuals. Thomas Sowell may be one.

IMHO, a great many habitué of FR. To wit:

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"Let's have another go at how we recognize true intellectuals:

"They read widely and constantly, especially in subjects they did not study in school.

"They enjoy civilized discussion with people whose ideas are not identical to their own and they change their minds when presented with better ideas.

"They turn away from pretension and judge other people's intellectual ability, not by the conclusions they believe in, but by the thought processes by which they reached those conclusions. "

18 posted on 10/21/2006 2:26:07 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: yankeedame

I fully agree. It's what make the Robinson Salon what it is.


20 posted on 10/21/2006 2:29:06 PM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
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