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To: Cogito who wrote (95344)	11/11/2008 1:28:44 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541860

:-) I see we read it the same way

To: Cogito who wrote (95344)	11/11/2008 4:40:53 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 541860

Is there anyone who would seriously believe everything someone says just because he or she is an intellectual? I was just putting words to the flip side of the dichotomy in what I thought was a roughly equivalent degree of exaggeration, not expressing an opinion. I couldn't begin to defend either one.

To: Cogito who wrote (95344)	11/11/2008 6:22:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 541860

All this morning I kept trying to post on that article, and kept running into problems, and finally figured out it was because Sowell started with these assumptions and definitions about intellectuals that I rejected from the getgo and so found the whole article a house of cards with some interesting bits thrown in. Sowell seems to believe that arrogance is a quality exuded only by the educated. He accuses intellectuals of thinking they can govern better, while ignoring the non-intellectual Bush's and Palin's belief that they were quite certain they do so. Self-deception and hubris are not confined to intellectuals. How often have you heard a non-intellectual disparage someone merely because they happen to be educated- or quote something from a book? He cherrypicked people and examples to bolster his idea. So my problem was that I rejected his postulate from the getgo. Intellectualism isn't about education or thinking you are smarter. It's about making yourself smarter and loving the process. I liked the definition in Syb's article this morning-The seeking of information, arming oneself with the ability to make enlightened decisions and the understanding of the importance of knowledge are all that is required to be intellectual.