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Our Fragile Intellect

@inproceedings{Crabtree2012OurFI,
  title={Our Fragile Intellect},
  author={Gerald R. Crabtree and David A. Korn},
  year={2012}
}
I would be willing to wager that if an average citizen from Athens of 1000 BC were to appear suddenly among us, he or she would be among the brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions. We would be surprised by our time-visitor’s memory, broad range of ideas and clear-sighted view of important issues. I would also guess that he or she would be among the most emotionally stable of our friends and colleagues. I do not mean to imply something special about this time in… 
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