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It seems that some people,
educationally over-en-
dowed with the tools of philosophy, cannot resist poking in their scholarly apparatus where it isn't help-ful. I am reminded of P. B.
Medawar's remark about the attractions of 'philosophy-fiction' to 'a large population of people, often with well-developed literary and scholarly tastes, who have been educated far beyond their capacity to undertake analytical thought.