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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Barry Kort's Intellectual Observations - Some Further Thoughts
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 21:28:55 EST
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In article <854@cylixd.UUCP> dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) writes:
>
>In article <691@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT) writes:
>>1.  Intellectuals are at risk in our society.  By exhibiting their
>>    powers of intellect, they expose themselves to ostracism and
>>    alienation.
>
>Intellectuals are at risk in almost any society, because they threaten
>the control that the power-that-be exert on those who don't think
>things out for themselves.

This can't be true.  In most of Europe and Japan intellectuals are held in
high regard.  In particular, the latest philosophical or literary rage is
considered a superstar on par with rock musicians in the United States.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720