tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post4783769204718430761..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Why 'Leaders' Aren't SmartEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-67515674505360594752008-11-20T11:05:00.000-06:002008-11-20T11:05:00.000-06:00You may find this post useful:http://stumblingandm...You may find this post useful:<BR/><BR/>http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2008/11/sergeant-tocqueville-democracy.htmlPaul E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15234456385928668896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-76641515474674654042008-10-23T19:19:00.000-05:002008-10-23T19:19:00.000-05:00politicians are not too smart because people distr...politicians are not too smart because people distrust those who are too "different". People want to be reassured during a crisis that the leader is just smart enough to solve the problem: more than that just confuses them. Funny how they vote for attractive tall people because they look better in photos. Anyway, no fighting against human natureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-76744354438162453252008-10-22T03:09:00.000-05:002008-10-22T03:09:00.000-05:00What a great post.It is something I have come to r...What a great post.<BR/>It is something I have come to realise over the past few years - although psychologists have known about it for some time.<BR/><BR/>My IQ is touching 140 and I know I can't say the daft things that politicians say with a straight face.<BR/><BR/>Maybe that is why the role of the really smart people is as advisorsThatcher's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109905814981958633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-80076582343165155292008-10-21T21:09:00.000-05:002008-10-21T21:09:00.000-05:00Insightful look into politics, and the farce that ...Insightful look into politics, and the farce that most of us see it to be, even if we can't put our finger on why exactly the process defies "common sense"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-4302841039615899532008-10-21T14:59:00.000-05:002008-10-21T14:59:00.000-05:00heady. one of the big challenges of democracy. thi...heady. one of the big challenges of democracy. think we should implement somehow the athenian model, where there was democracy but decisions were taken by the wise. wish i knew how to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com