| Lu dans le dernier Edward de Bono reçu (Teach Your Child How To Think, 1992) le passage suivant : |
| The first rule of intellectualism is : 'If you do not have much to say, make it as complex as possible.' A true intellectual has as deep a fear of simplicity as a farmer has of droughts. If there is no complexity, what is there to work or write about ? |
| La rubrique ("How to be an intellectual") s'achève sur ces mots : |
| You can be a thinker without being an intellectual. Indeed many intellectuals are not particularly good thinkers. |
| Par chance, je tombe sur un passage de Simplicity dans lequel E. de Bono s'en prend à nouveau à ce mauvais penchant : |
| La fin de cette rubrique est aussi très amusante. La voici : |
| The easiest way to be 'superior' is to understand what ordinary people cannot understand. If the matter is simple, how can you show your superiority ? The pseudo-understanding of what is really unintelligible is a great game - with many players. |



