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by glitchc 1775 days ago
That’s a false dichotomy. Being a president is tangentially related to exceptional intelligence.

A better example would be Brian May (of Queen). No correlation between academic credentials and artistic career. There, if the article were about black holes and May had an opinion, I would expect the reporter to cite his PhD, making it a (potentially) informed opinion.
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kube-system 1775 days ago
The people who have top YouTube channels also have exceptional intelligence. Maybe less so in logical intelligence or rote memorization, but more so in other intelligences.

> A better example would be Brian May (of Queen). No correlation between academic credentials and artistic career

I am not sure why that example is better -- Muller's academic credentials are very well related to his career. As were Wilson's.

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