Reply #12: Interesting post.

[Julien Sorel]

I have a couple of quibbles, and one major beef.

Gore was actually not that great a student, as I recall. I think he flunked out of divinity school, for example, and his grades generally weren't so hot (if someone knows better, please correct me). The only reason I bring this up is that I hate seeing certain stereotypes that help the other side maintained, and the idea that left wingers are book smart, but lack common sense, is one of the stereotypes out there.

some academic once categorize intelligence, i think they identified 6 different types. main point is that it's possible to be an absolute moron in some types of intelligence and strong or even genius in another type of intelligence.

I would argue that Bush is pretty damn dumb in raw intellect based on what I've seen, which, according to this, would tend to put a definite cap on how smart he could be in other areas.


My major beef isn't with you or your post, but with the idea that intellect can take a back seat to other forms of "intelligence," and that Bush has those. I look at the last four years, and it seems to me that everything Bush has done has been unimaginative and unsuccessful, yet here we are. Shouldn't the country be drawing certain conclusions about the value of intellect at this point?