[VIDEO] Thomas Sowell on the Vulgar Pride of Intellectuals
Posted: November 30, 2016 Filed under: Economics, Mediasphere, Politics, Think Tank | Tags: Academia, Arthur C. Brooks, Artificial Intelligence, Barack Obama, Benito Mussolini, Bruno Latour, Intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, Thomas Sowell, Uncommon Knowledge, United States, video 1 Comment
Peter Robinson talks to economist Thomas Sowell about his book “Intellectuals and Society.” Robinson and Sowell discuss the fact that intellectuals play a disproportionate role in society, as evidenced by linguist Noam Chomsky‘s influence on liberal politics. Is a fancy education a high speed rail ticket to fallacy? Find out as Professor Sowell discusses the pride and fallacies of the intellectuals, in addition to the unused brilliance of the masses.
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