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“The case against intellect is founded upon a set of fictional and wholly abstract antagonisms. Intellect is pitted against feeling, on the ground that it is somehow inconsistent with warm emotion. It is pitted against character, because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness, which transmutes easily into the sly or the Read More
Those of you familiar with my writings will recall that a little over a year ago, I published an article on the nature of anti-intellectualism. Among the five characteristics I discussed, one such characteristic deserves further attention: the belief that personal opinions hold equal or greater weight compared to systemic research and data. This fallacy Read More