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1 posted on 01/17/2012 10:47:37 AM PST by jazusamo

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2 posted on 01/17/2012 10:50:10 AM PST by jazusamo (If you don't like growing older, don't worry. You may not be growing older much longer: T. Sowell)

On a more general level, could people living in isolated mountain valleys realistically be expected to develop their own intellectual potential as fully as people living in cities that were international crossroads of commerce, cultures and ideas from around the world?

I love Dr. Sowell, but it is fun to point out the 0.56% of the time where he is wrong. And this is one of them.

Some of the most thoughtful people in America (cowboys, for instance) live in isolated mountain valleys. And some of the dumbest live astride international crossroads of commerce, cultures and ideas from around the world and manage to adopt the most degenerate from each. Think San Fransicko.

3 posted on 01/17/2012 11:23:30 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)

8 posted on 01/17/2012 1:49:31 PM PST by sauropod (OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE! Vote Republican!)

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