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Which public intellectuals do you respect? Which do you think are intelligent, intellectually honest, and brave ie they speak the truth (as they see it) even when it's unpopular to do so?

Here's a few that I admire and respect:

https://twitter.com/michaelmalice
https://twitter.com/nickgillespie
https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog
https://twitter.com/jessesingal
https://twitter.com/balajis
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin
https://twitter.com/robinhanson
https://twitter.com/bariweiss
https://twitter.com/kmanguward
https://twitter.com/MightyHeaton
https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
https://twitter.com/michaelmalice
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald
https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl
Mike Huemer (not on Twitter as far as I can tell)
https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness
Jason Brennan (not on Twitter as far as I can tell)
https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan
https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman
https://twitter.com/michaelpollan
https://twitter.com/joequirkexults
https://twitter.com/Freakoutery
https://www.gwern.net/About
https://twitter.com/thegrugq
https://twitter.com/robertwiblin
https://twitter.com/JonHaidt
http://daviddfriedman.com/
https://twitter.com/ATabarrok

Additional suggestions welcome! (Note: comments attacking other's suggestions will be deleted. )