Posted on | September 28, 2015 | No Comments
Stop giving Ben Carson a pass on issues just because he’s a ‘brilliant’ surgeon
So Ben Carson is a neurosurgeon. Maybe he’s even a “brilliant” neurosurgeon. Big deal. His success in his field provides us with no indication of whether or not he would be a good president. Yet, for some reason the media has largely given him a pass on addressing substantive policy issues — is it because he’s smart and good at his profession? Being good — even great — at one profession doesn’t mean that one will inevitably be good at another, let alone president. Smart isn’t enough, either. I’m an anthropologist and interested in people and what makes them tick. Also, over the years I’ve held a variety of jobs where I have met lots of smart people, and in my experience smart people come from
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