The Problem With Gurus

Jay Parini: I think the level of self regard and self confidence that gurus have is what lets them become these like huge figures in the cultural space. But it's not so clear that when somebody is actually successful and when they are seen as an intellectual, he says. "You can't just dismiss them in the way that, you know, Bob and his basement is claiming that he corrected Einstein because there's no sign"

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