> > > > ...
> >"Suggests" is incorrect. If one constructs a meaningful
> >category of intellectuals, perforce there must as well be a
> >non-empty category of non- or unintellectuals, who presumably
> >do not do or cannot do the things intellectuals do. But what
> >do intellectuals do that other kinds of people don't do?
Justin Schwartz:
> Oh, puleeze. Intellectuals read, write, and interpret difficult abstract
> concepts in disciplines requiring special training and long study. ...
I do that for a living, and I'm not an intellectual; I'm a computer programmer. If you think Adorno or Rawls are difficult you ought to try reading some of the programs I've had to deal with, in the common case palimpsests concocted under fire by a long series of (other) cranks.