Robert Archerd
Aug 17, 2024

Since Trump became president, I've had to rethink my definition of stupid. I now see I was wrong to think it was a direct function of low native intelligence. The fact that many high-IQ people are behind this despicable individual, strongly indicates that stupidity is more closely related to the degree to which we can rationalize the most abhorrent attributes into somehow positive character traits. That is stupidity at its utmost.

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Robert Archerd
Robert Archerd

Written by Robert Archerd

Retired math/science educator, specialty in cognitive & moral development. Author of math & science programs , taught K thru grad level university.

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