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Please note the post to which I respond, specifically: "Does this work for Feynman, because he is a genius? in the same way that lots of successful people offe
by acqq 9y ago
Please note the post to which I respond, specifically:
"Does this work for Feynman, because he is a genius? in the same way that lots of successful people offer tidbits of advice that wouldn't apply to someone in different circumstances, or perhaps with a different level of intellect."
My response post is answering to that part of the question by referring to the article, which is worth reading exactly because it discusses that problem: when and where can it be said that somebody is just delusional, even if he gets to be a president of the only remaining "superpower".
More globally, the attitude described in the article is a broad phenomenon, which is also worth considering. In short, please read the article linked, don't react based only on your initial emotion. I guess you'll understand the post differently. I thought my quotes were a good selection, still I think you really missed the point if you complain that I compare them as equal.
As you see in the article and my quotes, Trump operates under the assumption that he's a "genius." Reading the other news, even when somebody (to be precise, a Secretary of State!) calls him a "moron" he responds with the IQ challenge (sounds like a joke but it's not):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/10/donald-trump-forbes-rex-tillerson-moron https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/10/donald-trump...
The previous article, here again for clarity,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/13/donald-trump-positive-thinking-215704 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/13/donald-tru...
is however clear about the eventual problems of being delusional. Much bigger problem for everybody else than for the person himself.