There's so many assumptions in Western philosophy that are just based off of a complete this is just not how the brain works. I wrote this with an enthusiasm which seems to be waning due to the political climate but and I think one of the problems is that the whole concept of overpowering someone with a higher intellect is most appealing, he says. The argument about elitism which is raising its ugly hit in America now is in large part related to the offensiveness of the argument that logic works when in fact people see it doesn't work.