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Sure, at the individual level graduating from a top tier university or with a phd doesn't mean you're an "intellectual". But from a population standpoint, the
by indecisive_user 7y ago
Sure, at the individual level graduating from a top tier university or with a phd doesn't mean you're an "intellectual".
But from a population standpoint, the two are certainly correlated. The number of congress people should be large enough to assume population level statistics unless there's some serious biases _against_ intellectuals running for or winning political races.
- shsjdhsi 7y agoI disagree. After a certain amount of the pop. gets certain degrees, it’s just a cheapening of the degree. For example, despite having an eng PhD from a top 10 (5?) university in the US, I know I wouldn’t have been awarded one from a top 100 50 years ago. The standards were higher And you don’t cheapen what you treasure.
- einpoklum 7y ago> The number of congress people should be large enough to assume population level statistics It's not a uniform sample. In fact, it's not even sampling from the same population - it's a set of samples of size 1...