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Originally Posted by donquixote99
And shocking as it may be to some, part of being a serious intellectual is an easy willingness to take in new data and argument, and admit you were wrong if you decide that you were.
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A significant component of intellectual dishonesty is trying to publicly berate and demonize those who might disagree with you. That has been the essence of Krugman's "intellectual discourse." I'd hardly call that behavior evidence of "easy willingness to take in new data and argument".