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From: rjv@ihdev.UUCP (ron vaughn)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: Intelligence
Message-ID: <239@ihdev.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 26-May-85 13:15:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 26 13:15:13 1985
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Reply-To: rjv@ihdev.UUCP (R. J. Vaughn)
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Summary: 

In article <2763@nsc.UUCP> srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) writes:
....
>about 1 standard deviation above the group average.  This helps to 
>explain why some people can achieve success among higher intelligence
>groups like techies, political leaders, etc, but may not function as well
>among "ordinary" people.
>-- 
>Richard Mateosian

you actually believe that political leaders can be classed as generally
intelligent??  your average political leader at the city, county, state,
and most national levels does not come across to me as being intelligent.
the only thing you can positively say about them is they have run for
and gained public office.  intelligence has little to do with this.

there are of course numerous exceptions, but there are THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS 
of elected officials out there.  your average congressman doesn't know
his asshole from his elbow.  standard reply: "you have to understand ron,
you don't become a congressman by being stupid."  sure, not stupid, but
certainly not intelligent.  do you think ronald reagan is intelligent, or
a good politician?  i always considered carter intelligent, most people
agree to that, but he was a pretty poor pres.  maybe you should have
average intelligence to be a politican, if need be surround yourself with
specialist (intelligent on the given subject).  this seems to be what most
major politicians do. lower level politicians (small town mayor, city-ward
representative etc.) have the same ol' average intelligence (at best) 
but can't afford the specialist.

summary: ron doesn't think politicians are very intelligent, at lest
not significantly more so than the average door-knob.

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