Brummie,
but it is a pity you dont spare other people the same grace as you do yourself
I'm working on him....LOL! He's a tough nut to crack at times. (No jokes please)
Sheila,
I worked at Citibank for years and some of the wealthiest and most influential people know nothing about how their credit works or that their accountant or office Manager is not paying their bills on time.
Wealth and influence obviously do not equal intelligence. No one said that they did. I think Bradley is saying something entirely differant. He is saying that those who do not question or investigate their beliefs but only trust blindly are truly ignorant. Poor souls. I happen to know that he has done an enormous amount of research into what he used to believe and I respect the hell out of him because of that. He is one of the main people who helped me realize that all I was taught as a child was fiction. I respect him as a person because of that.
As for the truly stupid. Life has a way of culling those that truly have no clue
Let's hope. Remember Tony?
They can discuss everything from science to History etc. and they know there stuff.
I respect people like that too. Unfortunatly very few people here know their stuff. Most of the people who do post very infrequently. I post way too much so that obviously disqualifies me...LOL! I'm fortunate in that I've managed to cull most of the truly intelligent people here into my email or phone list. They make me think about things my poor brain doesn't want to and, for some damn reason, care about me and what happens in my life. I'm very fortunate!
What I said earlier still stands for me: most people are truly apathetic about the world around them. They do not care about politics, science or philosophy. This does not make them bad people! It does serve to frustrate those of us who are thirsting for real knowledge. One of the reasons I get along so well with Bradley is that he and I are much alike in many ways. Although I am usually more tactful, he asks questions that I have wondered about myself. I don't have the guts to ask them but I appreciate that he does. Don't think that he and I don't argue because we do. Almost viciously at times. He's still a truly wonderful person with a lot to share and I will not put up with people denigrating him.
I think that's it for now.
~Aztec