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08 June 2009

Who's an intellectual, then?

The newspaper The Weekender asked its readers to nominate people they thought were "intellectuals". Are these the same group that the Russians call the "intelligentsia"?

In any case, they received 148 nominations from their readers. Some of the nominations were rather dubious, but I was interested to see that the three that received the most nominations were:

  1. Mamphela Ramphele - 31 nominations
  2. Jonathan Jansen - 16 nominations
  3. Mary Metcalfe - 8 nominations

And I think I agree with those three.

Some of the others may be, but I suspect that some were nominated out of political or religious loyalty.

Can anyone suggest any others, either on The Weekender's list, or others not mentioned?
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5 comments:

  1. James HighamJune 09, 2009 10:29 am

    Paris Hilton?

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  2. TauratinsweJune 09, 2009 12:49 pm

    AH, James, only in the USA ;-) Standards are a bit lower.

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  3. Steve HayesJune 11, 2009 5:53 am

    Paris Hilton? What about Steven Furrtick?

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  4. Matt StoneJune 11, 2009 11:57 am

    Can one go lower than Paris Hilton?

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  5. YewtreeJune 11, 2009 1:06 pm

    When I saw the title of this post, I thought, "Me! Me! I'm an intellectual"

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