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To: Joe NYC who wrote (130942)	1/29/2001 5:16:13 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572219

Speaking of which, there were some studies done recently about people's real IQ and their self assessment. The striking finding was that the lower you went in people's real IQ, the higher their assessment of themselves was. Joe, My comments re IQ are based on facts, not delusional fiction. Nonetheless, I dont't think it takes a lot to beat Reagan. You seem to think that if someone gets an A in physics or manages to become president of the US, then they must be brilliant. The US presidency is a popularity contest and Reagan was an attractive actor who was very popular to a particular generation of voters. Once elected he played into the fears of the chicken littles and the belief systems of the lemmings....the commies will destroy us. If he believed it, he was just a very big chicken little. If he believed it but also wanted to help his friends who held top positions in the defense industry, then he was a relatively clever chicken little. If he did it not out of fear but simply to gratify the financial needs of those same friends in high places while creating jobs, then he was a bit of an a-hole. None of that behavior requires intellect. In fact I believe that Reagan was a big lemming who would have jumped off a cliff as soon as the next lemming. I measure intellect by one's ability to think for him/herself independent of others....to think through a fear and not respond to that fear with a knee jerk reaction. The paranoia that was rampant in this land in the 80's was not a sign of intellect but rather a response to fear. And Reagan epitomized that decade. ted