[Zack Nguyen]

You can't seriously believe intellectuals are dumber than the general public.

I do. Much of the general public has better sense, ethically and philosophically, than "intellectuals." They are just not as well read.

[liberallarry]

Much of the general public has better sense, ethically and philosophically, than "intellectuals."

Another old saw...and don't you mean left-wing intellectuals? Or do you include people like Milton Friedman, Frederick Hayak, Bill Buckley, many of the Founding Fathers, Horowitz, Limbaugh, etc. amoung the ethically and philosophically defective?