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To: koan who wrote (50772)1/5/2018 2:09:30 AM
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To: koan who wrote (50772)1/5/2018 3:44:28 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 358855
 
"read guys like Bertrand Russell (his biography) or Alfred North Whitehead, Hesse or Thomas Mann and then you will know what the great thinkers know."

Rat, being a great thinker, knows that greatness is in the eye of the beholder. For example, he thinks that you'll say either, "She's a moron" or "she's an idiot", followed by "Now you're defending Ayn Rand". No, I'd poke out my eyeballs before I did that.

Ayn Rand | 5 Great Thinkers on Finding Fulfillment | TIME.com
5 Great Thinkers on Finding Fulfillment. From Steve Jobs to Mark Twain and Ayn Rand

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Who would I put on a list of great thinkers? John Muir, David Brower, Jules Verne, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Bill Walsh, Sun Tzu, Ben Franklin, , ...