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Finding Sowell In Bookstores Shaped A Young Scholar
- Reilly discovered Sowell early while self-teaching, finding him repeatedly in bookstores and respected peers' collections.
- He names The Vision of the Anointed as the first Sowell book that shaped his approach to empirical critique.
Where Knowledge Actually Resides In Society
- Intellectual elites hold a narrow slice of society's perspective and often err when claiming universal knowledge.
- Reilly invokes Sowell's Intellectuals and Society to show expertise is widely distributed outside coastal media and academic elites.
Favor Practitioners Over Pure Intellectuals
- When evaluating expert claims, check whether ideas require specific disciplined skills or are opinion-based.
- Reilly recommends trusting domain-tested practitioners over professional intellectuals who sell ideas to other intellectuals.