Comments on: Who’s the smartest of them all? http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html Coffee, Cocktails & More Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Dad http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-2048 Dad Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:18:24 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-2048 I may be going out on a limb on this one but I am leaning toward Ashton Kutcher. I may be going out on a limb on this one but I am leaning toward Ashton Kutcher.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-2021 Jeff Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:15:09 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-2021 Now that I think about it, I'd probably change my write-in from Will to Kurt Vonnegut. I also would have liked to see James Loewen, Brian Greene, and Steven Hawking on the list, though none of them would crack my top 6. Now that I think about it, I’d probably change my write-in from Will to Kurt Vonnegut. I also would have liked to see James Loewen, Brian Greene, and Steven Hawking on the list, though none of them would crack my top 6.

]]> By: Ben Stark http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1996 Ben Stark Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:53:16 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1996 Heranando De Soto? The explorer? I will cheerfully admit I don't know these public intellectuals. I don't think my life is the worse for it. Heranando De Soto? The explorer? I will cheerfully admit I don’t know these public intellectuals. I don’t think my life is the worse for it.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1959 Jeff Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:14:58 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1959 Diamond is the know-it-all type - he has the tendency to extrapolate huge generalizations from scant data and grossly oversimplifies complicated issues such as why the West became dominant over the rest of the world. For someone who claims to be an expert, his understanding is barely above a layman's. Diamond is the know-it-all type - he has the tendency to extrapolate huge generalizations from scant data and grossly oversimplifies complicated issues such as why the West became dominant over the rest of the world. For someone who claims to be an expert, his understanding is barely above a layman’s.

]]> By: Jacob Grier http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1955 Jacob Grier Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:57:11 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1955 The number of people on the list I'd never heard of is indeed humbling. George Will is an interesting choice. I'm with you on trashing Fukuyama, but why Diamond? The number of people on the list I’d never heard of is indeed humbling.

George Will is an interesting choice. I’m with you on trashing Fukuyama, but why Diamond?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1953 Jeff Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:30:49 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/461.html#comment-1953 There are way too many people on that list that I haven't heard of. I'd have to say Umberto Eco, Steven Pinker, and Vaclav Havel would be up there, and then Salman Rushdie and Tariq Ramadan. Honorable mention to Chomsky the linguist, Achebe, and Sachs. Write-in to George Will, who I disagree with a lot but who is probably the best columnist in America. I know my Bottom Five would include Baudrillard, Diamond, Fukuyama, Wolfowitz, and some other person. There are way too many people on that list that I haven’t heard of. I’d have to say Umberto Eco, Steven Pinker, and Vaclav Havel would be up there, and then Salman Rushdie and Tariq Ramadan. Honorable mention to Chomsky the linguist, Achebe, and Sachs. Write-in to George Will, who I disagree with a lot but who is probably the best columnist in America. I know my Bottom Five would include Baudrillard, Diamond, Fukuyama, Wolfowitz, and some other person.

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