World's Top 100 Intellectuals

[Jumper]

It's a list of intellectuals, not political pundits. Chomsky may poke his head into politics and say stuff that's less than brilliant, but he is an accomplished linguist.

Boy, they could have fooled me. I guess I should go run out and pick up the latest Chomsky book on linguistics. Ohhhhh......Ahhhhhhh.....

Jee, I hope I could find one, in that sea of leftist crap that he keeps pumping out? Like I said, if he has a place on the list, then you might as well put Horowitz up there too.

[shivers]

That doesn't make much sense. The man clearly didn't get in based on his linguistic talents, otherwise you'd have people like William Vollman in there, and Rushdie would be number one. I think he got on based on the merits of his political critiques, which are SHITE.

It would make sense if you knew what a linguist is. Rushdie and Vollman are writers, not linguists.

Boy, they could have fooled me. I guess I should go run out and pick up the latest Chomsky book on linguistics. Ohhhhh......Ahhhhhhh.....

Jee, I hope I could find one, in that sea of leftist crap that he keeps pumping out? Like I said, if he has a place on the list, then you might as well put Horowitz up there too.

Here you go: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/people/f ... tions.html

[dgold0101]

touche'

[Medevac]

How do you define an intellectual? According to the Khmer Rouge, it's anyone wearing glasses. According to Billy Connolly, it's anyone who can hear the William Tell overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.
If there is going to be a list of spectacle wearing music snobs, it's probably got to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[RYP]

an intellectual is someone who can challenge your views and possibly enhance them without making you feeling stupid.

[Medevac]

Then why the hell isn't Eric Cartman at the top of that list.

[shivers]

How do you define an intellectual? According to the Khmer Rouge, it's anyone wearing glasses. According to Billy Connolly, it's anyone who can hear the William Tell overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.
If there is going to be a list of spectacle wearing music snobs, it's probably got to be taken with a pinch of salt.

If that's the definition of intellectual, then color me guilty. That overture reminds me of the most gawdawful singing I've ever heard: Chris Merritt as Arnold Melcthal @ San Francisco Opera in 1997.

[Jumper]

Then why the hell isn't Eric Cartman at the top of that list.

Now that was funny. :)))))

[muskrat]

Wow I'm nearly off the charts...............

Cheers M.

[Buzzsaw]

World's Top 100 Intellectuals as reported by the Guardian...

Not enough vaseline and kleenex in the galaxy to lube and clean that wankfest.

[coldharvest]

World's Top 100 Intellectuals as reported by the Guardian...

Not enough vaseline and kleenex in the galaxy to lube and clean that wankfest.

You called that right, most of the people on that list probably think they deserve to be on it.

[Penta]

World's Top 100 Intellectuals as reported by the Guardian...

Not enough vaseline and kleenex in the galaxy to lube and clean that wankfest.

Er, it's a Prospect and Foreign Policy list, reported by the Guardian as a news story.

Here's the Prospect story about the voting:
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/arti ... p?id=10262

And here's the list with previous rankings (from November 2005), which is a bit more interesting:
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/arti ... p?id=10261

(Chomsky was number 1 then, as he often is in these things: an intellectual rated by the world, hated at home. I wonder why?)

[Medevac]

(Chomsky was number 1 then, as he often is in these things: an intellectual rated by the world, hated at home. I wonder why?)

Having been in similar situations, it's probably because he left the toilet seat up.

[coldharvest]

an intellectual rated by the world

...yeah, the whole world.

hated at home. I wonder why?

'cause he's a pussy

[Sri Lanky]

I figured ROB would have cracked the top 50.