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americanthinker.com - 10/20/2008

Judging Who is Smart

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Apparently, the skill most highly prized in a President is articulateness in extemporaneous public speaking.

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Glibness v. Intelligence:
The Volokh Conspiracy — This piece by Randall Hoven on American Thinker raises a question that I've been wondering about, namely how it came to be that many people believe that Sarah Palin is not smart enough to be Vice-President. I think that what it probably explains it is a tendency to confuse glibnesswith intelligence, or perhaps more accurately, to confuse the ability to "bullshit" with actual intelligence. The meme that has arisen that Sarah Palin isn't smart enough to be Vice-President (and potentially President) strikes me as quite implausible. Focusing on the big picture: she has been an ...

Smart Talk
The Mahablog — ... This piece by Randall Hoven on American Thinker raises a question that I’ve been wondering about, namely how it came to be that many people believe that Sarah Palin is not smart enough to be Vice-President. I think that what it probably explains it is a tendency to confuse glibness with intelligence, or perhaps more accurately, to confuse the ability to “bullshit” with actual intelligence. ...

An Old Topic
Chicago Boyz — ... .  It rehashes arguments we sometimes discuss here (sufficiently that we probably don’t need to start again, though Shannon is often quite interesting when he discourses on the articulate in empty suits).  Still if any of our readers long to analyze Palin’s sentences, they can take themselves to the sanctuary of Volokh’s comments.  (It was inspired by Randall Hooven’s American Thinker essay, “Judging who’s Smart.”   ...

Judging Who is Smart
Israpundit — By Randall Hoven, The American Thinker Apparently, the skill most highly prized in a President is articulateness in extemporaneous public speaking. In fact, it is so highly prized, it is considered a necessary condition to assume the Presidency, and probably even a sufficient one. At least if you believe Big Media and an ever-increasing herd of conservative pundits. I use Sarah Palin as an example. Throughout her life, she was chosen by her peers for leadership roles. * In high school she was chosen to be captain ...