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Sowell: Is Thinking Obsolete?
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| August 5, 2014
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 08/04/2014 2:27:51 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
...And thanks for the ping!
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posted on
08/04/2014 9:22:08 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: VideoDoctor
We're in the early stages of what will eventually lead to what we laughed at in Mike Judge's great movie comedy "Idiocracy"Truly. We're reaching the stage where every scene could arguably be called documentary footage.
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08/04/2014 9:26:35 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: F15Eagle
Or try to find someone living on 401ks and govt checks about the state of the American economy. Hey!
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08/05/2014 2:46:07 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Well worth repeating here...
" As a result, intellectuals are free from one of the most rigorous constraints facing other occupations: external standards. An engineer will ultimately be judged on whether the structures he designs hold up, a businessman on whether he makes money, and so on. By contrast, the ultimate test of an intellectuals ideas is whether other intellectuals find those ideas interesting, original, persuasive, elegant, or ingenious. There is no external test. If the intellectuals are like-minded, as they often are, then the validity of an idea depends on what those intellectuals already believe. This means that an intellectuals ideas are tested only by internal criteria and become sealed off from feedback from the external world of reality.
An intellectuals reputation, then, depends not on whether his ideas are verifiable but on the plaudits of his fellow intellectuals.
Thomas Sowell
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posted on
08/05/2014 2:48:38 AM PDT
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: jazusamo
The idea that Israel should do so did not originate among the masses but among the
allegedly educated intelligentsia.
Fixed it!!
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posted on
08/05/2014 3:19:24 AM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: jazusamo
Geraldo’s brain is probably in pristine condition. I don’t believe its ever been used.
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posted on
08/05/2014 5:27:19 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: Elsie
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08/05/2014 10:40:27 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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