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Old 09-13-2010, 12:28 PM
 
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That would be from 1940 to the present. Who are the American intellectuals that are well known?
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:44 PM
 
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I would give that honor to George W Bush.
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:47 PM
 
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Chomsky comes to my mind.
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:50 PM
 
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Richard Feynman: physicist, scientist and true intellectual. Be sure to read "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character" about this fascinating man.
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:56 PM
 
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Ralph Nader
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:59 PM
 
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Milton Friedman.
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Old 09-13-2010, 01:07 PM
 
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Beck.
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Old 09-13-2010, 01:34 PM
 
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Richard Feynman: physicist, scientist and true intellectual. Be sure to read "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character" about this fascinating man.
I'd have to say I regard Feynman as an intelligent person over an intellectual person.

Intellectuals ask alota rhetorical questions - Feynman's were always real.

He was an intellectual lockpick and safecracker - because he was smart.

He was the opposite of Carl Sagan, a mere quintessential intellectual.

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Old 09-13-2010, 01:47 PM
 
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Best known? Wow...

That would be a very short list considering the American interest in intellectuals.

I would suppose the Einstein tops that list with Sagan coming in second. After that.. William F. Buckley? After those three I would simply terrified to read who else would make the list.
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Old 09-13-2010, 01:50 PM
 
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Alex Jones! LOL.
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