Mm, my previous post seems to have been lost in the digital ether. I didn't mean to make political commentary, and am actually an independent voter (and FWIW like John McCain quite a bit in some aspects, though I didn't wind up voting for him). I just think politics is an excellent example of a pursuit where intelligence is trumped by leadership and charisma far too often.

I would never claim that "high IQ negates leadership", or "make a broad sweep and say that CEOs and politicians generally have low IQs". I'm merely remarking that they don't seem to me to generally have the highest IQs, and that sometimes their apparent intelligence is quite low. It's nothing more than an affirmation that yes, intelligence often takes a back seat in such occupations.

Striving to increase my rate of flow, and fight forum gloopiness. sick