"Brian M. Cass" wrote:
quoted 5 lines I definately think a person musical preferences reflects his intelligence> I definately think a person musical preferences reflects his intelligence
> in some noticeable degree. NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY: I'm not saying people
> who "listen" to rap, country, or mtv shite are "stupid" per se, I'm just
> saying you wouldn't catch Beethoven, or Einstein or Hemmingway or Joyce or
> Paul Klee doing that.
I think intelligent people try to be as informed/knowledgeable as possible and try to
find something of worth in everything.
And your argument might not work as well as you think if your list included some
contemporary intellectuals who actually had a chance to appraise the intellectual
worth of rap, MTV shite or country.
Andrei
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