Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: XSO IQ Message-ID: <502@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 13:25:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.502 Posted: Tue Jun 25 13:25:43 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 00:37:12 EDT References: <1476@utah-gr.UUCP> <1560093@acf4.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 30 Summary: In article <1560093@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes: > >Plumbers pay scales may be higher because most people (except hackers :-) >consider cleanliness and basic bodily functions before they do education. This sounds reasonable. When the toilet backs up you want it fixed _now_. The benefits of universal education, on the other hand, are very long-term even though the taxes that pay for it are immediate. It's sad that most people can't seem to see the connection. >One of the reasons for the anti-intellectual climate may be political, i.e., >it would seem that the majority of intellectuals are significantly to the >left of most Americans. I think this is more perception than fact. A friend with a graduate degree in Political Science once told me that the intellectuals are usually the first to be executed in a revolution because they're capable of seeing all sides of an issue. When the political climate of the country has shifted to general conservatism this ability to see both sides of the issues would make the intellectual community appear liberal by comparison. In reality I detect no shortage of intellectual conservatives (except, perhaps, on Capitol Hill (-: ). -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe