Rather than a series of one sentence posts, we should all try to make our own version of pbrower's 10 Commandments. Here is the original version:
Nobody need call oneself an "intellectual"; so calling oneself is an act of arrogance.
One is not unsophisticated because one is a conservative or even a fascist.
But we must recognize which Party has done most to appeal to ignorance, superstition, and fanaticism.
Instinct is wholly inadequate for determining reality.
Instinct is easily deceived.
It might be easy to believe that a larger triangle has bigger angles -- which is of course wrong.
Instinct told people that the Earth is flat and that heavenly bodies circle the Earth.
Instinct tells us that what feels good is good -- even with cocaine.
No person is the ultimate arbiter of truth.
Believing that truth is in oneself is a folly known as solipsism.
Each of those sentences would make an awesome slogan for a fortune cookie.
EDIT: Especially the one about cocaine.
