I do give it to those who question/philosophise but I give more to the people who then follow through with actions. Maybe I'm just too idealistic, I always have been. You'd think there should be great philosophers involved in politics, but I see none. The great thinkers have been replaced by the great illusionists.
I'm sorry about the off-topic foray into women's roles but I'd just had this lecturer who was making parallels between the 'modernist art movement', Nietzsche superman doctrine, Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness and Apocalypse Now, it was like testosterone overload and no women's perspective at all.

Oh, you mean those 'wise' people like the woman who's raised six kids, worked fulltime, never looses her temper and knits beanies for cancer sufferers? Sometimes it's not listening to the talk but watching the walk that you learn most from.