• blargle@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      He was dumb but playing dumber. I can’t think of many other examples of people like that except Joe Rogan.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah, that I can get behind. His Texan shtick was an obvious act. But, even without that, I don’t think he had an IQ of 100. Like most politicians he had good emotional intelligence, and an ability to connect with people. Still, it was clear that even pretty basic concepts were a stretch for him.

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          30 days ago

          There was a Histioriometry test done, and the journal Political Psychology estimated around a 119 for ol’ W.

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        28 days ago

        I used to think that Trump was just dumb. But, recently I’ve become convinced that he’s actually able to seem smarter than he actually is. Meaning, he appears to have an IQ of maybe 90, but he’s faking it because he’s actually closer to 80. His various coping mechanisms allow him to seem smarter than he is, but that “smarter than he is” still doesn’t bring him up to average.