[Dog Gone]

"I think one must be careful in assuming that intellectuals have some kind of insight. In fact, if the track record of intellectuals is any indication, not only have intellectuals been wrong almost all of the time, but they have been wrong in corrosive and destructive ways."

That quote is a keeper.

[elbucko]

That quote is a keeper.

It sure is. Summed up "intellectualism", nicely.

[TopQuark]

"I think one must be careful in assuming that intellectuals have some kind of insight. In fact, if the track record of intellectuals is any indication, not only have intellectuals been wrong almost all of the time, but they have been wrong in corrosive and destructive ways."

This is precisely because they are not.

It is often said that 5% of physicists have created 95% of physics. The engineers use a 20-80 rule, I think.

Such is the rule of progress. It is not correct to say that they have been wrong most of the time.

The idea of a representative government is an idea that is with us for centuries. It is right all the time.