tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post7207437100355223827..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: Frederick Hayek on "Intellectuals"Will "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-30162260008064385672012-10-25T08:12:15.754-07:002012-10-25T08:12:15.754-07:00It was easier to be a polymath back in Aristotle/D...It was easier to be a polymath back in Aristotle/Da Vinci days: the knowledge fields were pretty narrow. We all have our favorite polymaths, I guess. I liked Bronowski, Azimov and Sagan although they were science types<br />dabbling afield.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-66482659600084993452012-10-24T15:17:59.951-07:002012-10-24T15:17:59.951-07:00Yeah, I would say that both of those fellows are e...Yeah, I would say that both of those fellows are exceedingly extreme, paranoiac, etc.. Total agreement.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-49363150619071347462012-10-24T14:14:57.388-07:002012-10-24T14:14:57.388-07:00Chomsky comes across as a mirror image of Lew Rock...Chomsky comes across as a mirror image of Lew Rockwell. Respected and loved by the a passionate but tiny fringe.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-29433721260525518172012-10-23T19:33:12.714-07:002012-10-23T19:33:12.714-07:00I'm not a big Chomsky supporter, either (thoug...I'm not a big Chomsky supporter, either (though I do give him some cred for his holding President Obama to the same standards as Bush), but I think that BB Idaho's point here was probably that he was knowledgeable and not so much that he was sane or cogent. I could be wrong. Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-62332633357367196562012-10-23T19:27:35.575-07:002012-10-23T19:27:35.575-07:00I'd find it hard to call Chomsky one. He's...I'd find it hard to call Chomsky one. He's a genius in linguistics... but beyond that? His passionate support of the Khmer Rouge and their specific actions in the "Killing Fields" and the rest of his extreme hardline left-fascist views. Sorry, a man who wants to see the free world turned into something like the USSR at the time of Gorbachev is hardly a deep thinker at all.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-32507292764793220512012-10-23T19:14:27.382-07:002012-10-23T19:14:27.382-07:00Might I add Bertrand Russell, Karl Popper, and Jac...Might I add Bertrand Russell, Karl Popper, and Jacob Bronowski?Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-56964896357943276142012-10-23T18:12:38.049-07:002012-10-23T18:12:38.049-07:00Hayek is listed as a polymath of the 20th century....Hayek is listed as a polymath of the 20th century. But then, so is<br />Chomskey....BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-60081303961441892862012-10-22T20:37:07.669-07:002012-10-22T20:37:07.669-07:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com