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September 8th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Intelligence is sometimes useful e.g. when applied to problem solving- for real problems. But it has to be not obvious, in many countries the public opinion is very prudent regarding intelligent- i.e. independent, skeptical, critically thinking, rather individualistic people. In many countries anti-intellectualism is very strong, therefore intelligence is not popular.It is symptomatic that such anti-intelligent ideas are circulated as “wisdom of the crowds”- a simple trick of re-naming “power of diversity” Masses are…you know what they are, isn’t it?
I don’t remember where has written Arthur C Clarke this idea. I e-knew him, he was a generous supporter of the New Energy Movement. a true genius and a very nice human being. For few years he has sent me his “EGOGRAMs”- he was wonderfully active and bright till his death.
I am very sorry that he could not see the triumph of the new energy sources; I am worried for this too- however in the case of http://www.blacklightpower.com- the intelligence and genius of Randy Mills will have survival value for the Mankind. And it is an other very promising achievement in what once was called “cold fusion” too- coming from Italy.
Peter
September 8th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Hi Peter, It is so cool that you actually knew Clarke in any form, he was always one of my favorite SF writers.
Do you think that intelligence and intellectualism are the same thing? I’m not sure that I do, based on totally unscientific memory of intelligent people I have known who were not intellectuals in any sense of the word that I know.
PS. I did as you asked in your other (deleted) comment:)
September 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Dear Miki,
the root of the 2 words is the same, anyway. I am speaking about genuine intellectuals- both scientific technical and
humanistic, people who think with their own brains, for
whom the ideas have value. Plus they are not infected by the dominant memes.
Re Clarke- he has invested much money in a csuba-diving (one of his hobbies) facility/club in Colombo- Sri Lanak and the big tsunami- Dec 24, 2004 has destroyed everything there.
Surely you know many other quotation by A.C. Clarke- my favorite one is: ““It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.”
This could be the slogan of negatheism – the religion with a negative number of gods.
September 8th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Peter, The root may be the same, but meaning is a different matter. I have met/read many who are classed as intellectuals by themselves and others who seem lacking in intelligence—or perhaps what they lack is common sense, which has nothing to do with either.
I can’t speak to other Clarke quotes, first, I am no good remembering who said what and it’s been many years since I read Clarke.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Peggy Thatcher said:
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
Margaret Thatcher
The same is true, even more, for intellectuals.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:43 am
Hi Peter, my apologies for not responding sooner.
Thatcher’s quote applies even more to ‘leaders’:)