If "intelligence" as it is being defined here were the answer to all of our problems then something is amiss...D.C is swimming with College dgrees of every description,same in business and finance..."the best and the brightest" we have been told for decades are at the helm steering us to a bright future....yeah well...like i said,something is wrong or perhaps intelligence is not exatly what we think it is and character is not the exclusive property of Harvard,Yale or any of the other so called institutions of "higher learning"...just because you know all the words,their origins,are skilled in the art of semantics and spell them correctly doesn't mean you are telling the truth or have any thing of value to say or anything to impart in the way of wisdom.
I don't disagree with anything you said here. If intelligence and impressive resumes were all it took to ensure the success of our country, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.
I also think that character is a vastly more valuable trait than intelligence. If I had to choose between a moderately intelligent person with a strong character and a brilliant person who was also a sleazebag, I would go with the person of moderate intelligence everday of the week and twice on Sundays.
Last edited by JTF; July 8th, 2009 at 09:26 pm.
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- July 8th, 2009, 08:40 pm