Lining in a college town, I’ve seen lots of smart people, but a lot more educated people. One thing I saw with the smart, high IQ people, was that they were interested in a lot of things, were good at a lot of things, but not great at anything.
Many of the profs I wouldn’t say were smart (IQ-wise), but were so focused that they were good at what they did but bad at everything else. I think that’s where the ‘no common sense’ idea comes from.
What I find so remarkable, Kay, is that whereas I find my liberal friends have “different opinions,” they find me - now that I am a Republican - “stupid.”
These are the same folks who thought me brilliant in college and who hung on my every word...
I am, after all, quite convinced that the lefties are the most closed-minded people on Earth.
A group of people who feel destined to rule...