The Intellectual Yet Idiot

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But the problem is the one-eyed following the blind: these self-described members of the “intelligentsia” can’t find a coconut in Coconut Island, meaning they aren’t intelligent enough to define intelligence hence fall into circularities — but their main skill is capacity to pass exams written by people like them.

medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577


слово “intelligentsia” уже употребляется, заметим, вслед за "спутник" и "погром", хотя пока и в кавычках