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Submitted by Rolf Wasén (Sweden), Aug 17, 2020 at 00:17

Congratulations Daniel! You are a master in spotting the essential. But 'common sense' is a slippery concept and the intellectuals are not immune against the Follies of the Zeitgeist.

The bad news are that we have no simple recipee in order to find out what is reliable and good.

The good news are that we will grow when induced to think and find out.

However, my bottom line is that nothing can really replace the conscience of the individual, which indeed is the conclusion of many noteworthy thinkers like Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer and Norbert Wiener to name a few. Reliable people indeed, but not absolutely so!I

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Title Commenter Date Thread
2"Austere Religious Scholar" wins the cake [187 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
dhimmi no moreAug 17, 2020 15:07260010
3The source of Western decadence... [123 words]Min RheeAug 17, 2020 11:17260007
Coming of Age in the Sunset of Erudite Intellectualism [573 words]M ToveyAug 24, 2020 23:12260007
Immunity? [107 words]Rolf WasénAug 17, 2020 00:17259998
How History Demonstrates the Folly of Intellectualism [419 words]M ToveyAug 16, 2020 19:38259996
Our brains are to ideas as tree branches are to birds: Suitable for nesting [159 words]AnonAug 16, 2020 18:50259995
2With today's information, those stupid assessments are inexcusable [340 words]DaveAug 16, 2020 16:54259993
Common Sense [23 words]Alex BaldorAug 16, 2020 15:37259991
5Far worse than intellectuals' flawed personal views is their ability to influence many [415 words]Mehul KamdarAug 16, 2020 15:26259990
1support [53 words]William Lipsky, MDAug 16, 2020 14:57259989
2"Peasants and the Dark Path" [93 words]Billy RaeAug 16, 2020 13:17259987
An Old Adage [26 words]Barry BlackAug 16, 2020 12:00259985
Hard vs. Soft Science [505 words]RobertAug 14, 2020 15:57259949

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