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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (179753)1/20/2012 9:53:46 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 542009
 
Intellect has little to do with IQ. It has much more to do with how well a person can measure reality. Autistic people can often do great things intellectually, but not be able to live on their own. Many great writers cannot do math and vise versa.

The "best functioning mind", IMO, is the mind that can integrate all its parts well into a well fuctioning person. A sane person.

What Paul is missing, IMO, is an ability to do that. Yes, he has a mind that can remember facts and solve abstract problems, but he doesn't seem to have a well integrated mind and so has many blind spots.

E.g. Sociopaths have traits normal people don't have like a lack of empathy. Although usually above average in intellligence and having a clearer view of reaity (devoid of emotion) still they usually end up in jail because they make mistakes normal people wouldn't make, like being a pathological liar, or just making a simple social mistake.

Ayn rand is different, IMO, she was greatly injured as a child and so could not engage in true intimacy and felt little compassion for people.

So both Paul and Rand have defective philosophies, IMO.

<<<<<That is not too shabby for a person of his limited intellect. >>>>

It is no different when the left uses ugly insulting comments to belittle a person than it is the right. This is the kind of garbage many on the right use on a constant bases. Dr. Paul may be many things - but he is clearly not limited by his intellect. Same would go for Ayn Rand - you may not like her or her philosophies but you need at least an IQ of 120 just to read her.
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