Witty, but I think it perpetuates some quite false premises. (1) It equates "intellectual" with intelligence rather than with a social function. "Intellectual" is a useful term only when it refers to a certain social role, independently of how well or badly that role is performed.
(2) It equates intelligence with reaching the correct conclusions. Highly intelligent people can have really stupid and/or obnoxious ideas, but that does not measure their "intelligence." (Actually, I rather suspect we should cease classifying people by their presumed place on a sale of the non-existent entity _g_. An idea can be a stupid or intelligent idea, but that can't refer to the person(s) holding the idea. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 9:59 AM To: Pen-l Subject: [Pen-l] quote du jour "Newt Gingrich is the intellectual of the Republican field the way Moe was the intellectual of the Stooges." -- Andy Borowitz. -- Jim Devine / "In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness." -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
