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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://dobbs.town/users/onan/statuses/115871333839444245">Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius (onan@dobbs.town)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jan-2026 02:05:25 JST</a><a href="https://dobbs.town/@onan" title="onan@dobbs.town"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/5653-48-20250422165949.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius</a></section><article><p>"When the wise man brings his list of our genuine admirations, will intelligence be one of them? We might seem to be well within the old ideal of modesty if we claimed the virtue of intelligence. But before we claim the virtue, are we convinced that it is a virtue, not a peril?"</p><p>from "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent" by John Erskine (1879 - 1951)</p><p>TEXT<br><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Moral_Obligation_To_Be_Intelligent/The_Moral_Obligation_To_Be_Intelligent" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Moral_Obligation_To_Be_Intelligent/The_Moral_Obligation_To_Be_Intelligent</a></p><p>AUDIO<br><a href="https://www.archive.org/download/the_moral_obligation_to_be_intelligent_2212_librivox/moralobligationtobeintelligent_01_erskine_128kb.mp3" rel="nofollow">https://www.archive.org/download/the_moral_obligation_to_be_intelligent_2212_librivox/moralobligationtobeintelligent_01_erskine_128kb.mp3</a></p><p>"You don't use your mind to think about your religion." - J. R. "Bob" Dobbs</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6044728#notice-11903577">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-01-11T02:05:25+09:00" title="Sunday, 11-Jan-2026 02:05:25 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://dobbs.town/@onan/115871333839444245" rel="external" title="Sent from dobbs.town via ActivityPub">dobbs.town</a></span></span><a href="https://dobbs.town/@onan/115871333839444245">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5663377">J. R. "Bob" Dobbs</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/115/871/333/071/293/187/original/d80fc8da1ae64ca8.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/dobbstown/media_attachments/files/115/871/333/071/293/187/original/d80fc8da1ae64ca8.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5663378">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5663379">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><audio poster="" controls="controls"><source src="https://dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/the_moral_obligation_to_be_intelligent_2212_librivox/moralobligationtobeintelligent_01_erskine_128kb.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"></source></audio></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius (onan@dobbs.town)'s status on Sunday, 11-Jan-2026 02:05:25 JST Rev. Onan Canobite, SubGenius
"When the wise man brings his list of our genuine admirations, will intelligence be one of them? We might seem to be well within the old ideal of modesty if we claimed the virtue of intelligence. But before we claim the virtue, are we convinced that it is a virtue, not a peril?"
from "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent" by John Erskine (1879 - 1951)
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"You don't use your mind to think about your religion." - J. R. "Bob" Dobbs
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