Beyond being intellectually interesting, researching parasites appealed to my social conscience.

To keep the mix intellectually interesting, Lawrence balanced wealthy professionals with writers and artists, who arrived in the 1890's and thrived through the 1930's.

I'm involved in a kind of intellectually interesting game that isn't too tough to win, and Berkshire Hathaway is my canvas.

"George has a few ideas that are intellectually interesting and some that are just weird," said Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's head of research.

This new capitalism was intellectually interesting and culturally powerful in a way that industrial capitalism was not.

"I find that intellectually interesting," he said.

Something intellectually interesting, and distantly frightening, as was cancer, as were other African diseases, but this was here and now.

There are still very good films being made, but for the most part I find them technically impressive rather than intellectually interesting.

While it is intellectually interesting to see how this works, it's not something I would like to find out.

"In addition to it being intellectually interesting, it has strengthened my connection to my religion," Mrs. Moshavi said.