Quote from: K-Dog on Today at 11:13 AM
Trump does not think critically, and considering he is the president of the US, and has functional illiteracy he can't understand what he needs to for the job.
Seems to me to be a given demonstrably seen in his behavior for awhile now. Like Biden there towards the end, but worse in weirder ways.
Quote from: K-DogYour wording suggests that because he can't read he can think critically.
I had to leave that presumption in, yes. But not necessarily for HIM of course. Critcal thinking is a tricky thing, I'm working with someone right now who is probably near genius at coding and whatnot, mathematics, and can't for a second check their own work to realize that second order effects visible in her answers could be spotted by a first year engineering student. 3 Masters degrees this one has for crying out loud. The computer folks say her code is great...and creates 2+2=5 issues all over the place. Refuses to see it even after a 6 page memo with charts and examples. Weird.
Quote from: K-DogThat makes no sense, and in fact reading enhances one's ability to think critically.
All the reading necessary to get 3 Masters Degree's hasn't done it for my coworker, so I'll stick with my original implication. That and extensive experience studying the PhD's who "studied" peak oil.
Quote from: K-DogIn general readers have larger intellectual worlds than non-readers. There is a relationship.I can agree there would be a correlation. But that correlation certainly isn't 1.