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To: Qiviut

Yep. More university professors who live in an alternate universe making decisions for society.
http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Society-Thomas-Sowell/dp/B004H8GL40


11 posted on 08/03/2014 10:19:36 AM PDT by CommieCutter (The only thing the smart phone accomplished was bringing the dumb people to the internet.)
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To: CommieCutter

Intellectuals and Society -

“One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society—and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views.”

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Pretty much sums it all up & one of the primary reasons this country is now in such horrible shape.


17 posted on 08/03/2014 10:41:30 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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