Monday, March 3, 2008

Intellectual Resources

I am often perplexed at the things people do. Some examples of this are, slowly driving home the other day from the mountains on slick, icy roads and the guy behind me is so close I can't see his headlights. Or, someone at work makes a senseless decision that costs $150,000. And there are countless other examples I've seen of people lacking intelligence.

James Boswell recounted Samuel Johnson's words, "few people have intellectual resources sufficient to forego the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper."

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