William F. Buckley entered Yale after serving in World War Two in the Army and
graduating with honors from Yale, he spent a couple of years in the Central Intelligence
Agency. He thereby had a clear view of smart people and the problems that exist
around them.
He once said that he would rather be ruled by the first hundred names in the
phone book than the Harvard Faculty. Harvard, in the 1950s, could only be said to cater
to the super intellectuals.
Why would he say that? The reason is simple based upon two facts. First,
Brilliant individuals focus on a primary interest, generally to the detriment of eating,
sleeping and other activities. Second, because they are deservedly recognized as
geniuses, they refuse to accept that other people may have other points of view that are
valid. And, in fact, common sense often beats out genius.
In the Wolfstalk series, two brilliant brothers approach life differently. Both have
important insights, the difference being one wants to force acceptance of his solutions
and the other doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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