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To: Amos the Prophet

You honestly see no difference in the way the writer uses language and the "language" of the Theoreticians? He is actually saying something, describing something in the real world in clear, unambiguous terms. One may agree or disagree (I happen to agree) with him, but his points are quite clear. I would love to have his list of who he considers real intellectuals. Thomas Sowell may be one.


6 posted on 10/21/2006 1:41:15 PM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)
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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: Bahbah

Correct. I honestly do not see a difference between the contorted linguistics of pseudo intellectuals trying to make themselves seem significant and the author who beats a one note song to death with about 10,000 words.


28 posted on 10/21/2006 4:48:15 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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