There are innumerable instances suggesting that modern intellectuals do not believe themselves, that they don't really believe what they say, that they say certain things only in order to assure themselves that they possess opinions and ideas that are different from those that are entertained by the common herd of men.
Public intellectuals are often put in the position of having their words, no matter how off-the-cuff, treated as doctrine.
Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.
Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.
My parents are both intellectuals and readers; my mother would take me to the library every few days from before I was one year old.