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From: dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky)
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Subject: Intelligence?
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 11:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 11:20:00 1985
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More important than intelligence for me is the ability to speak clearly.
Very few things irritate me more than people who don't say what they mean
as clearly as possible, especially if they appear to be generating this
confusion on purpose (this is not to say that I never do this - when I do,
I get irritated with myself :-).

It seems to me that intelligent people, especially ones in academics,
are more prone to sloppy, obscure speech than the general population,
though they still rank behind the State Department. If you don't believe
me, check out the nearest academic journal. I'd better stop before
this turns into a flame.

Isaac Dimitrovsky
allegra!cmcl2!csd2!dimitrov   (l in cmcl2 is letter l not number 1)
251 Mercer Street, New York NY 10012

Just because it's a preconceived notion doesn't mean it's wrong!