[Seven plus One]

"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared," Obama said Saturday evening in remarks at a small Democratic fundraiser Saturday evening. "And the country's scared."

And this guy was a part-time lecturer at the U of C? Used to be a great school, but now... Presidents are not supposed to be making statements as stupid as this one. People don't always think clearly when they are sleepy. When they are scared, threatened, they're at the top of their form. We're 'hardwired' for survival. When threatened with 19th century Marxist collectivism by the biggest government in human history, damn right we'll respond in ways that this semi-educated boob would not understand. Could never understand.

[Verginius Rufus]

As a secular humanist, Obama presumably believes in evolution, but this indicates he doesn't understand the concept of "survival of the fittest." The human species and other species developed mechanisms of increasing the members' likelihood of survival in a crisis, and not thinking clearly is not going to improve one's chances of getting through danger alive.

Of course we don't know if Obama ever took any science courses since none of his transcripts have been released.

His position at the U of C was obviously given to him because of political pressure, not because he had something valuable to offer the students.