Bright lights
New Zealand intellectuals - are there any?
I don't mean that to sound insulting. As a serious question, are there any philosophers or intellectuals of note from NZ? |
Re: Bright lights
I'd just accept the fact that it's insulting.
Most of the kiwis that make the news are through overcoming difficulties, such as Kim Newcombe or that fella who invented the jet unit. but who would you rather have living next door if your lawn mower won't start. Steven Hawkings isn't a lot of use bending spanners eh? |
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Maurice Wilkins, Ernest Rutherford, William Pickering...but they all left and made it big abroad.
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Re: Bright lights
Originally Posted by hazeandsteve
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I'd just accept the fact that it's insulting.
Most of the kiwis that make the news are through overcoming difficulties, such as Kim Newcombe or that fella who invented the jet unit. but who would you rather have living next door if your lawn mower won't start. Steven Hawkings isn't a lot of use bending spanners eh? |
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i think they are to insular to be intellectual, most dont bother to look beyond
their own borders and have no appreciation of global issues.( unless it involves dairy farming) |
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Some pretty incredible scientists here these days
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
(Post 8968288)
Maurice Wilkins, Ernest Rutherford, William Pickering...but they all left and made it big abroad.
I'm not so sure intellectuals make the world go round anyway, maybe they help but as the other poster said they are bloody useless when you can't get the mower running. |
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Originally Posted by zoglet
(Post 8968214)
New Zealand intellectuals - are there any?
I don't mean that to sound insulting. As a serious question, are there any philosophers or intellectuals of note from NZ? James K Baxter Alan Brunton Bernadette Hall Sam Hunt Hone Tuwhare Robin Hyde Katherine Mansfield Vincent O'Sullivan Alan Musgrave James Flynn ... |
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