tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post579157595517455087..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Leadership By ElitesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-86652011723908099622020-09-18T19:09:20.998-04:002020-09-18T19:09:20.998-04:00I was a part of the elite infrastructure. They sen...I was a part of the elite infrastructure. They sent me off to private school when I was 8. the same one Prince Andrew went to, a few years after I left. I decided to go my own way to the great disappointment of some. Gaming the SAT was just extra, and made little difference to me in the Canadian school system. I was more interested in how easy it was to game. Any multiple choice setup has its weaknesses but the SAT in the early 60s was really bad.<br /><br /> If you want Boris, Bibi and Ted to be part of a special group, fine. I just don't think much of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78046533634050484132020-09-18T18:54:49.673-04:002020-09-18T18:54:49.673-04:00Quote: "I dunno, I did score a 98.8 on my SA...Quote: "I dunno, I did score a 98.8 on my SAT tests and was invited to MIT..." <br /><br />I'm going to just let that hang out there on its own.<br /><br />As I intentionally chose conservatives who are intellectual elites, as an illustration for readers who might think no elites are any good, my personal biases are not in play here. I intentionally chose examples with credentials, with no comment what political rating I give them.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-43855033381396336282020-09-18T13:15:29.624-04:002020-09-18T13:15:29.624-04:00I dunno, I did score a 98.8 on my SAT tests and wa...I dunno, I did score a 98.8 on my SAT tests and was invited to MIT. Now I gamed the test, so .....<br /><br /> Boris is in no way stupid, but I have been watching him for many years and he ain't that brilliant. You can find his appearances on 'Have I got News For You', if you look. But there are many others. Now he is out of his depth, and the sharks are circling.<br /><br /> Bibi is a power politician and good at that, but his choices have not been good for Israel in my opinion. I expect him to lose the Golan Heigts at some point, as Israel is not nearly as strong as many would like to think. Still as long as America is in his corner, he will prevail. Now Israel's intelligence operations are among the best there are, but that's not because of Bibi.<br /><br /> Cruz I really don't know enough about to comment usefully, but as I have said, the times I have watched him talk were not impressive.<br /><br /> Are you sure your political bias is not in play here. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-56082025672043502482020-09-17T16:20:19.265-04:002020-09-17T16:20:19.265-04:00Whether they agree with you politically is somethi...Whether they agree with you politically is something else entirely, Pen Gun. Alan Dershowitz called Cruz the most intelligent student he had at Harvard Law, despite their political disagreement. Cruz has argued before the Supreme Court and won. Boris is enormously well-read and classically trained, and was noted at Oxford to be among the most brilliant since the day of his arrival. (BTW, That you don't like Brexit may have something to do with your mischaracterising it as "breaking" a signed international agreement rather than leaving an organisation.) Netanyahu has both his Bachelor's and Master's from MIT and was in a concurrent PhD program there when he left to return to Israel after the death of his brother. <br /><br />It appears that something prevents you from seeing the what is not only obvious, but easily supported. I wonder what that could be.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-37368890250909018132020-09-17T15:15:32.009-04:002020-09-17T15:15:32.009-04:00Amazing. Bibi Netanyahu, Boris Johnson and Ted Cru...Amazing. Bibi Netanyahu, Boris Johnson and Ted Cruz have never seemed smart, let alone intellectually elite.<br /><br /> Boris is getting his ass handed to him on Brexit. Its a deeply stupid move to break signed international agreements. Bibi has probably doomed Israel, but that's yet to be seen. Palling it up with the Sunnis is not going to do what he wants. Ted Cruz has always appeared somewhat idiotic to me, so you must see something else here. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-41861791014884303172020-09-15T12:52:54.828-04:002020-09-15T12:52:54.828-04:00Heinlein wrote a coming-of-age story--Space Cadets...Heinlein wrote a coming-of-age story--Space Cadets, I think--in which our hero is thinking of leaving officers candidate school and joining the ordinary space navy or something. His advisor tells him a leader should not have an IQ of more than 20 points above the group average.<br /><br />Some extra horsepower doesn't hurt, but most super-brains probably do better as expert advisors. Someone with integrity and charisma needs to lead, with enough smarts and judgment to tell good advice from bad.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com