To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes: "Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile; So ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes." It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Are Liberals Smarter than Conservatives?
It all depends on what the meaning of "Conservative" is. Read Jason Richwine's analysis of the question and evidence relating to it here. His conclusion: any meaningful definition of conservatism in this regard has almost nothing to do with political attitudes and political liberals can sustain a sense of their own intellectual superiority only by isolating themselves from society-at-large.