11-09-2024, 11:16 AM
Only because of my anal nature to enforce topic consistency...
Rumsfeld... in terms of "Smart people believing stupid things" how does this apply?
What is "stupid" idea that he believed? In what way was he so intelligent as to merit special significance to the contrast?
(I offer a concession to make this meaningful to me as a member... my own position is that he was following a script - probably not of his own design - he 'represented' an agenda... one that I have never heard authoritatively defined. Like most who are put in such positions, he was highly competent to do so. My agreement or rejection of his positions and utterances is irrelevant.)
Let's try to bring this back to "stupid ideas" embraced by intelligent people.
Rumsfeld... in terms of "Smart people believing stupid things" how does this apply?
What is "stupid" idea that he believed? In what way was he so intelligent as to merit special significance to the contrast?
(I offer a concession to make this meaningful to me as a member... my own position is that he was following a script - probably not of his own design - he 'represented' an agenda... one that I have never heard authoritatively defined. Like most who are put in such positions, he was highly competent to do so. My agreement or rejection of his positions and utterances is irrelevant.)
Let's try to bring this back to "stupid ideas" embraced by intelligent people.
