From Daniel Larison:
“Palin may not know much, but she has good instincts.” Why are the two always set in opposition to each other? Why is it that the people with good instincts are invariably uninterested in knowledge?
One mistake here -- Larison should have written that "people with good instincts are invariably perceived to be uninterested in knowledge." That's one thing that Larison doesn't touch on (no fault to him -- that's not the point of his essay): what about someone who has good instincts and is interested in learning?
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