They associate with, or try to believe that, liberals are not evil and can be trusted.
In short, complicated people lead complicated lives and make complicated decisions (usually).
Sowell, brilliant as usual.
In short, simple people lead simple lives and make simple decisions (usually). Not the case with Joe Biden, obviously.
That is the premise behind "Trouble with the Curve", the new Eastwood movie. See it. It's good.
When presumably smart people take political office and make these 5 mistakes, it affects all of us, unfortunately.
I used to think I was smart. Thank G-d those days are past.
Now if I get through the day physically intact and know where my next meal is coming from, then I’ve achieved something.
I once walked through Cologne Cathedral and looked at the stained glass windows and thought, “it’s people who built this cathedral who make me realize how little I’ve accomplished.”
No, G-d just gave to them greater gifts, that’s all. He didn’t make me very intelligent and that’s a relief.
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Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.
This is false. According to Tesla's lab notebook, he created something that we now call a ruby laser.
The laser cannons that the military are using now are indeed "death rays."
6. They vote Democrat. Well maybe not, we’re talking about intelligent people here.
“When smart people feel compelled to take stupid positions to prove how smart they are, they can turn their own lives and the lives of everyone around them into a train wreck in the process.”
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Tough read. A better analogy is that I tried for years to teach my kids framing, took them to sites, did all I could think of. They knew the terminology, supposedly the processes. But then we built a structure, and they finally LEARNED framing.
“I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.”
I would rather entrust the government to the first 400 people in the phone book of a small town in Texas or Oklahoma. Boston is too liberal!
Obama defined.
“5) They may try to show how “uncommon” they are.”
I like this one...smart people need to show off just how smart they are. Every wonder why they’re called:
a) Smart Cars
b) Insight
c) Prius (as in pious)
I personally could not understand how an Art History major could truly appreciate what they were looking at without having ever tried to paint in oils, chisel marble, carve wood, etc. Similarly, I couldn't understand how the studio folks could ever hope to achieve anything significant without having a decent understanding of precedent and the foundation on which they were trying to build.
One of things that makes me wonder is how often small plane crashes have doctors, lawyers, and other non-professional people as the pilot. There seems to be quite a few small plane crashes, and many of them were piloted by non-professional pilots. I can’t help thinking that many of these non-professional pilots thought that because they were so successful as a doctor, lawyer, or whatever professional, that automatically extended to flying a plane. Obviously, there’s no reason why a professional can’t be a good pilot. But I see so many reports of non-professional pilots with crashed planes, I can’t help but conjecture.
Let me just say, I had a change of heart. I soon learned to consult the 'expert' when I had a problem. Even my husband would ask, "what does your mother think we should do?" whenever we had a problem like colic or whatever. It was a humbling experience. (In case you haven't figured it out, it wasn't my mother who was stupid.)
Sorry, Tom. Talleyrand was describing the returning members of the House of Bourbon after Napoleon's defeat.
Absolutely nobody ever described these princes as brilliant.