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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
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I also don't like all the negativity toward TV, movies etc. here. ... A great movie or show can be just as rewarding as a great book....
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We are in agreement here.
But, just like with books, all the other mediums have their standards and their trash.
I have to disagree again with defining all people holding advanced degrees as intellectuals. A well-rounded intellectual may be more likely to hold an advanced degree, but advanced degrees do not alone an intellectual make.
Degrees make professionals, but it is up to the individual to develop into an intellectual.
It is possible for one to be an accomplished attorney, or a fund manager, or a physics professor, yet be a socially inept, uninteresting, ignorant yokel, outside of their narrow field.
Nobody is bashing people who read pulp fiction. But one needs to be aware that pulp fiction and good fiction are not the same. Just like one needs to be aware that The Da Vinci Code has little to do with history of religion.
We spend our lives learning to discriminate between the worthy, the not-so worthy and the junk. This applies to all sorts of information, and for many people, it starts at a very young age, with books.