[Vision2020] Wilson is not a great mind
Joan Opyr
auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Wed, 26 May 2004 13:09:05 -0700
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Nick writes in response to Eric
>Finally, I beg to differ with you: Doug Wilson is not a "great mind" and=
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>neither am I, but thanks for the flattery. I have some very strict =20
>standards for a "great mind." One rule of thumb might be the following:=
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>you know you are a great mind when good schools regularly offer courses =
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>you. (In my field that would be courses on Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Ka=
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>Hegel, Wittgenstein, etc.)
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Doug Wilson is a great mind? Surely not. Let's give Eric the benefit of=
the doubt and assume that he made a typographical error. =20
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What Eric might have meant:
Doug is a great wind.
Doug is a great behind.
Doug is in a bind.
Doug is often blind.
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Of course, Doug is pushing for a Great Rewind, based on a Bible he's mine=
d for things that are not kind. He ought to be fined, not wined and dine=
d.
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Oops! I've reached this melon's rind,
I find,
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DIV>Nick writes in response to Eric</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>=
;Finally, I beg to differ with you: Doug Wilson is not a "great mind" and=
<BR>>neither am I, but thanks for the flattery. I have some ver=
y strict <BR>>standards for a "great mind." One rule of thumb mi=
ght be the following: <BR>>you know you are a great mind when good sch=
ools regularly offer courses on <BR>>you. (In my field that would be c=
ourses on Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, <BR>>Hegel, Wittgenstein, e=
tc.)</DIV> <DIV> <BR></DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARG=
IN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Doug Wilso=
n is a great mind?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Surely =
not.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let's give Eric the b=
enefit of the doubt and assume that he made a typographical error.<SPAN s=
tyle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=
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Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MA=
RGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>What Eric migh=
t have meant:<BR><BR>Doug is a great wind.</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>D=
oug is a great behind.</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0=
in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Doug is in a bind.</F=
ONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D=
"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Doug is often blind.</FONT></P> <P class=3DMso=
Normal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0i=
n 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Of course, Doug is pus=
hing for a Great Rewind, based on a Bible he's mined for things that are =
not kind.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He ought to be f=
ined, not wined and dined.</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGI=
N: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT=
></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Oops!<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbs=
p; </SPAN>I've reached this melon's rind,</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" s=
ize=3D3>I find,</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0i=
n 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0i=
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