I honestly haven’t given it much structured thought, but my idea of intelligence is a lot more varied than what’s commonly discussed. You often see PhDs who, I imagine, built confidence from working very hard in their domain can also be confident with things they know nothing about. Look at the pedigree of the headline-grabbing Republicans. They went to fantastic schools and were often top of their class. They know what they’re doing. About 10 years ago there was a paper (and a bunch of news articles) about a link between engineers and Islamic radicals. The theory being that engineering mindset is around clear-cut answers. You often see very smart people in business make very unsympathetic decisions.
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