An intellectual is someone who can listen to the “William Tell Overture” without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
An intellectual is someone who can listen to the “William Tell Overture” without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
We didn't have metaphors in our day. We didn't beat about the bush.
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent."
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.