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To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (112145)	10/18/2008 10:50:48 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	2 Recommendations Respond to of 206165

One should never confuse intelligence with an emotional over-rider such as greed. So looking at all those degrees and smarts comes down to 'smart is not enough' ... It doesn't lead necessarily to good decision making obviously... Or if they cannot separate the emotion form the process, we are using the wrong barometer to measure job suitability.. Too bad so many don't get that... BTW this not a tacit endorsement for either candidate although I confess that I actually followed a bit of the US debates for the first time in my life... TBS

To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (112145)	10/19/2008 3:18:01 AM
From: whitepine	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206165

Greed? So, Socrates, can you explain Greed? Is JoeFarmer any more or less greedy than XTO? If JoeFarmer could make 300 million/year, would he do so? Is his ability to earn that much limited by his greed quotient, or by his market power and size? [ in case you are a slow learner........Greed is a constant. XOM has no more or less Greed than a day-trader or LEH. ] ================================================ It remains a fact: advanced degrees and NY pseudo-sophistication have nothing to do with wise public or private policy. "intelligent" people can make errors that are as great as those with limited practical experience. In fact, I suspect outsiders, compared to those within the beltway, are more likely to make reasoned decisions than those who are corrupted by Brie, finger bowls, opera, and daily shopping trips to Saks or Neiman-Marcus. Best and the Brightest was a book by David Halberstam....read the summary at Amazon. You didn't understand the point.

To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (112145)	10/19/2008 3:35:45 AM
From: whitepine	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206165

Operative sentence......then only those with advanced graduate degrees in History should vote.......or run the nation. All others are ill-equipped to understand historical realities and thus, are ill-equipped to make decisions about the future. Sorry, does not compute for most on this board. It is not raw intelligence quotient; it is a values question. Should the talented quants at LEH rule the world? Or should it be David Suzuki? Oh..........ok, I understand, Al Gore. ................... Not.