A quote I’ve remembered for decades:“[He] had read much, and although he generally forgot what he read, there were left with him from his reading certain nebulous lights, begotten by other men’s thinking, which enabled him to talk on most subjects. It cannot be said of him that he did much thinking for himself — but he thought that he thought.” -- description of character Everett Wharton in Anthony Trollope's The Prime Minister.

Substack: the network for people who think they think. Your Everett Wharton score is the % of time you think you think. I actually think 10% of the time, and think I think 90% of the time, so my score is 90. But a lot of you on here are at a full 100 🫡