I didn't read philk's comment as a criticism. I think it was a sidebar comment triggered by the OP's almost offhand reference to "life of mind" I don't see whe

I didn't read philk's comment as a criticism. I think it was a sidebar comment triggered by the OP's almost offhand reference to "life of mind" I don't see where philk "connected" his own comment with any of the arguments made in the OP. It's just something he added.