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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) |
| Date | 2025-12-26 07:02 +0000 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <10ilbus$2eq5v$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <10ign22$1086g$7@dont-email.me> <GG_2R.184078$Pf33.167573@fx18.iad> <xNqdnbsfN-VUPNH0nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <slrn10krd8i.foju.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> <odicnSbIRNxlY9D0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
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On 26/12/2025 03:20, c186282 wrote: > On 12/25/25 17:05, Lars Poulsen wrote: >> On 2025-12-25, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: >>> "Intellectuals" generally love subjects with >>> a zillion potential fine points they can argue >>> for eternity. Does not matter if the subject >>> is "important" or even particularly real. Some >>> people like chess, 'intellectuals' love the >>> arguments, it's their favorite game. >>> >>> Unfortunately they sometimes SOUND significant >>> and profound - and horrible "-isms" are born. >> >> It is true that academics like to find trivial little edges >> to invent controversy about, because that is a precondition for >> writing a paper that can get published in a journal that nobody >> reads, which again is a precondition of staying employed in >> a tenure track position. >> >> It is equally true that right-wing think tanks are even more >> adept at creating superficial bullshit that SOUNDS sorta >> common-sense until you think about it for a few seconds. > > > In my experience, the 'left' is even better at > that, and more prolific. > +1 > Maybe old Will should have added 'intellectuals' > along with 'lawyers' eh ? :-) > IIRC it was Stalin who called them useful idiots and consigned them to the gulags once their usefulness expired... -- “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” —Soren Kierkegaard
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Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-12-25 22:05 +0000
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-25 22:20 -0500
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-26 05:19 +0000
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-26 07:02 +0000
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-26 02:16 -0500
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-12-26 19:39 +0000
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-27 02:50 +0000
Re: Intellectuals (Re: naughty Python) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-26 07:01 +0000
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