Subject: Re: [Libertarian_Freedom_Council] Why Intellectuals (Often) Oppose Capitalism
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:09:45 -0500
To:        <Libertarian_Freedom_Council@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 15:37:15 EST, AULibertarians@aol.com wrote:
>=A0Subj: =A0 Why Intellectuals (Often) Oppose Capitalism
>=A0From: =A0 jasonrwalker@yahoo.com
>
>=A0Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism?
>=A0by Robert Nozick
>=A0http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/cpr-20n1-1.html

 Good but  2x  too long for my taste .

>=A0The distinction between "wordsmiths" and "numbersmiths"
>=A0also explains the ideological distance between most scientists=
 and
>=A0engineers vs. the scholars in the liberal arts.

 I think "numbersmiths" need to be subdivided into those who deal=
 with
 reality - engineers and hard scientists - and those who stick=
 to
 abstractions - pure mathematicians . When at Northwestern , the
 math department nurtured some of the most rabid anti-capitalists=
 .

 No one is more arrogant in their self opinion than a=
 mathematician
 who is not motivated by the connection of their symbolic=
 scaffolds
 to some real problem .

 But those for whom mathematics is an escape from reality  are=
 not
 the greatest mathematicians ; they are the dullest .

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