[ExI] labels etc. IQ

[William Flynn Wallace]

So given the above definition is Trump intelligent?

  John K Clark

If we knew what his goals were, then we could judge.  Dangerous to make
assumptions about what he is thinking.  It may be that he intends the
results you quote.

bill w

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 5:55 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote
> :
>
>> ​> ​
>> Re changing political opinions:  perhaps the best measure of
>> intelligence, and my favorite, is the ability to adapt to new situations.
>>
>
> ​
> That is a pretty good definition, and situations have always changed and
> the rate of change will accelerate as the singularity
> ​
> approaches, so unwavering libertarian purity is not a sign of
> intelligence. Actually unwavering anything is not a sign of intelligence.
>
> And speaking of acceleration, apparently Trump doesn't think the
> accelerating wealth gap is accelerating fast enough. Under Trumpcare people
> who have the top 1% income will save $33,000, and those in the top .1%,
> that is people who make more than 3 million a year, will save $197,000. At
> the other end of the wealth spectrum
> a 64-year-old earning $15,000 a year
> ​ will have to pay​
> $8,394
> ​ more, and
> a 55-year-old earning $25,000
> ​ would have to pay
> $3,636
> ​ more.
>
> And just today t
> he Congressional Budget Office
> ​said​
>  the number of people
> ​with no health insurance of any sort will under Trumpcare increase by 1
> 4 million
> ​by this time next year, and the number will reach 24 million by 2026. All
> this is of course a bad news for poor people but it is also bad news for
> rich people because it will decrease the likelihood their heads will remain
> firmly attached to their shoulders.
>
> ​So given the above definition is Trump intelligent?
>
>   John K Clark
>
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