[Olog-hai]

"Incompetent people" . . . ? Sounds like something out of National Socialist propaganda.

Please remember that articles like this are also attacking the republican form of government.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I’m pretty sure the sub-title to this article is “Scientists aren’t smart enough to come up with something better”

[Hoosier-Daddy]

That’s why we’re an effing REPUBLIC!

[DannyTN]

He’s close. It’s that University Deans and boards aren’t smart enough to attract professors that have common sense.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

“People” are smart enough, they are just ignorant of facts because they are busy trying to provide for their families and don’t have government grants paying their freight.

[JimSEA]

That’s it, I’m in, sign me up for a Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Wait, isn’t that like democracy except only the union leaders get to vote? I guess we’ll gust have to follow King Obama, he’ll know what to do.

[Utmost Certainty]

This is why government should be as limited as possible.

[Utmost Certainty]

This is why government should be as limited as possible. The markets can handle the rest.

Even if government were composed of super-geniuses, it would become rampantly dysfunctional. Problems of bounded rationality, etc. make every sort of central planning unsustainable.

[Graewoulf]

Uh, hate to bring this up, but the USA is a Republic, not a democracy.

[brytlea]

Actually it sounds like they are describing our current administration. We must vote them out as soon as possible since they are “incompetent people”!

[right way right]

This is verwy series.
Wad we gonna do nows?
I know...we does coin flip!

This how we pick which scientist dude get to pick leader!

[ModelBreaker]

Interesting this “research” didn’t come out just after Obama was elected.

[eclecticEel]

However dubious the research methods may be ... if you doubt the results may I present to your attention the current Commander in Chief of these United States, then the person who is second in line to succeed him, then the person who is third, then the person in fourth place. Finally I’d like to present to woman who takes the fifth position in the line of succession. I rest my case.

[SaraJohnson]

These people are really into supremacy ideology and eugenics. Great combination with total control over the government. No wonder they want to disarm the people they aim to murder and enslave.

I wonder if smarty pants fell for the man made global warming hoax? I bet he did.

[Born to Conserve]

In other news: 95% of people believe they are smarter than average.

[Dr.Deth]

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

- H. L. Mencken

[Gene Eric]

>> For example, if people lack expertise on tax reform, it is very difficult for them to identify the candidates who are actual experts. They simply lack the mental tools needed to make meaningful judgments.

What a load of crap. Title equally idiotic.

I guess I’ll cut the author some slack given she’s a woman.

[dog breath]

I happen to believe in the American people and the Republic. We may get some things wrong but better rule by the people and for the people then by those who think they know what’s best for us. Actually most of what ticks me off in government is from people thinking they know what’s best for everyone.

[cydcharisse]

To prove how wrong this guy is, consider who America has chosen as President and the wonderful job they’ve done in choosing Congressmen.

I don’t see how these professors could come to the conclusion that most Americans are idiots.

[erkelly]

That is why we need to at least raise the voting age and require competency in English. Literacy tests would be a very good idea also. The electorate is the first level of govt, and while every citizen should enjoy full civil rights, the sad fact is not every citizen is educated, experienced, and responsible enough to be qualified to vote. Universal suffrage is not a good idea, it disenfranchises the reflective, analytical, informed, tax-paying, voters — who are the only citizens who should be voting. That being said, a person who can demonstrate that he has the ability to hold a job, can advance in his career, speaks and reads English well, has a good understanding of how our govt and our society function, has enough life experience to understand what makes people tick, and leads a responsible life, is likely to have the skills to be an informed and intelligent voter. So what if he does not completely understand every single complex issue he faces, no one does! What that responsible person does have are the skills necessary to evaluate and hire an expert. Those skills will carry over into the voting booth.

[stars & stripes forever]

The democratic process according to George Washington: ”Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.

A country cannot be free without the Spirit of the Lord. "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17