Bullocks...just because some airbag tells me the book is a classic...does
not make me any smarter. I had to drop a philosophy class because I
disagreed with the professor.
He said read this very intellectual story and write what it meant to us...I
did...he seemed to think he knew what the story should have meant to ME even
tho I didn't get ANY of the supposed hidden message. Satre I beleive it
was.
Pure poppycock. I never claimed to be a wiz but I used to be fairly widely
read, however, if I get something completely different out of a story, that
shouldn't make me wrong. This bozo...(professor) seemed to think there was
only one Possible read to the story. Obviously by my interpretation, he was
wrong...but I got the F. Goodbye Mr Satre or whatever his name
was...Something about a person walking across a wheat field.
Back on the subject...if a person reads deep intellectual stuff, he may
EXERCISE his intellect more but it won't make him by definition any smarter,
wiser, or more profound. Conversely, If I like Monty Python, does that make
me intellectually weaker?
dave henrie
> >>Some people have seen it and like it, they also like Stallone, that does
not
> >>mean they are either less or more intellectual than you or I.
> Sure it does. You are what you eat, as they say. In with shit, out
> with shit. Your choice in music, art, literature, film (amongst other
> things) has a lot to do with intellect. They are the building blocks
> of a mind. Not saying one should spend their life watching just
> serious film, but one shouldn't spend their life filling it with
> rubbish films like Judge Dredd either. A person who is inclined to
> read Camus, Sarte, Hesse etc. (and not just becasue they had to at
> university) would tend to have a higher intellect than one who spends
> their time reading light weigth novels that serve no purpose other
> than to entertain. It seems some of you have confused intellect with
> intelligence. I make a couple of comments about Stallone and his
> acting abilities and the next thing I know I'm being attacked for my
> ideas.Remember "Lord Of the Flies"? Well, you boys should leave Piggy
> alone and lose the mob mentality.
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