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Intellectuals Anonymous is open to anyone who is interested in ideas, thinking and sharing. That anyone is often alone in
a crowd, knowing many people but having no one to talk to. That anyone reads, listens, watches, reflects, and then regrets
the lack of respondents. Do you have to be smart to be an intellectual? No, no test is required. Each individual can judge
his/her own interest. In fact, this site is for those of us with average (or above, we hope) ability who enjoy intelligent
conversation as a relief from gossip, family, work and sports talk. We hope you will make this your 'home' on the 'Net.
This site hopes to help people meet others who share interest in the world of the mind. This might be done through individuals
publishing short pieces on the site and including their e-mail addresses and general location, by hosting a local meeting
in a nearby place and advertising it on this site, or attending an official conference if interest ever made that feasible.
Intelligence is too often measured by test scores, tests that measure the ability to amass, play with, arrange and store bits
of information. Our brains seem to love this play, and those who do it well are deemed smart. Our society seems to equate
this information glut with knowledge and such knowledge with wisdom. But information is not knowledge, nor knowledge, wisdom.
Few seem to do the hard work of assembling the information into integrated systems of understanding that produce ideas and
then knowledge. Those few are not enough. The dream of I.A. is that people find each other and enable each other in their
own growth. Perhaps even a small increment might lift society a peg or two.
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I. M. Smith
Our esteemed president and force, if any, behind
Intellectuals Anonymous. A lover of books, both serious and frivolous. Usually reading some of both at any given time. Teacher
by training; university professor, most recently. Now retired and traveling. Career has included business ownership,
accountant, and, his favorite, wilderness canoe guide.
Why and Where?
The concept of Intellectuals Anonymous arose many years ago at the office where I.M. Smith worked. Any time some one came
up with some hair-brained idea, it was suggested that the person must be a member of I.A. But, often those ideas proved feasible
and improved operations and outcomes. Over the years, it just seemed a good idea to promote ideas through fun. Now the Internet
has become a way to spread the word, and, maybe, to increase the opportunity for good thought, good talk, and good friends.
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