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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1051122)	1/28/2018 11:37:35 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575826

Maybe you are right about a multi-faceted IQ....in fact, I believe you are correct. Instead of binary IQ and EQ, intelligence is like quantum mechanics' superposition, which instead of 2 states of 0 or 1, it can have 2 to the power of n states with n being the number of qubits. As to my own intelligence, objectively speaking, I have always tested high, which is why I'm in Mensa. But I can be achingly stupid on some things, like when my wife talks to me about issues and wants emotional support, and I try to solve her problem instead. Or my complete inability to navigate by street names, preferring visual queues like familiar buildings or Google Maps to get me there instead. Also, I have come across many people who are far more effectively intelligent than I am. One of my bosses told me once, that he thought my ideas and ability to execute were far more advanced than my peers, but that I often failed to sell my ideas because I didn't focus on the niceties of relationships first. He told me that if I would just take enough time to make friends with my peers, they would be far more receptive to my ideas. I took his advice and started focusing on relationships and that propelled me up to senior executive ranks before I retired. Great advice. He essentially told me to focus on EQ. I found EQ to be an IQ force multiplier. So in my small life, I focused on two facets of intelligence, those facets I could truly understand, and they allowed me to be successful enough to retire early. I am satisfied. As to your assertion that Trump is using a multi-faceted intelligence to lure weaker minds into their own destruction, there is very little evidence to support your proposal. We have no idea what Trump's intelligence, much less IQ, is. We have plenty of evidence that some of the real world things he has done will be very beneficial to the US' prosperity in the long run. Conversely, he is also doing very real damage to the dignity of the office he holds and he has some questionable ideas on military spending, deficits, and monetary policy, not to mention an extremely volatile personality that gives me a cold chill when he's focused on North Korea. As always, the issues are far more complex and nuanced than most people seem to understand. What I think you fail to understand is that Trump has given very little consistent evidence of being able to think on long term horizons. He is a spontaneous animal, who simply reacts. He has an instinct for what most Americans are thinking and what they like. He demonstrated that with his wildly popular reality TV series. He demonstrated that again by winning the election. That gives us a great deal of insight into his personality. But you go too far in thinking he has a master plan to lead weak minds to self-destruction. I doubt he could even tell you what his master plan is, except to be liked and adored for his transformative role in our economy and American politics. That may be his primary and overriding motive.