Jun 27, 2020

Thomas Sowell on the difference between engineers and intellectuals

The engineer is judged by the end product which is not simply ideas.  If he builds a building that collapses, it doesn't matter how brilliant his idea was.  He's ruined.  Conversely, if an intellectual who's brilliant has an idea for rearranging society and that ends in disaster, he pays no price at all.

~ Thomas Sowell

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