Comments on: Great Quote from Fabius Maximus http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/07/great-quote-from-fabius-maximus.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/07/great-quote-from-fabius-maximus.html/comment-page-1#comment-83179 Dan tdaxp Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:50:13 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5629#comment-83179 Fabius, Excellent comment! Something like psychosis goes along with creativity in general [1], so it makes sense that both McCain and Obama would be touched a little. (What normal person enters politics.) I'm interested in those traits of Obama that make him worse (in otherwords, explaining the variance). There, incompetence seems to be a much simpler explanation. [1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/21/what-is-creativity.html Fabius,

Excellent comment!

Something like psychosis goes along with creativity in general [1], so it makes sense that both McCain and Obama would be touched a little. (What normal person enters politics.)

I’m interested in those traits of Obama that make him worse (in otherwords, explaining the variance). There, incompetence seems to be a much simpler explanation.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/21/what-is-creativity.html

]]> By: Fabius Maximus http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/06/07/great-quote-from-fabius-maximus.html/comment-page-1#comment-83178 Fabius Maximus Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:44:04 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5629#comment-83178 Great point! As the adage says (slightly modified): "Don't attribute to insanity what is better explained by incompetence" . On the other hand, CEO's tend to have a touch of sociopathy -- and famous politicos perhaps have a touch of megalomania. Esp someone considered to almost the Messiah by so many fans. . I suspect that we will learn which theory is correct over the next four years. Worse, they might both be correct. Great point! As the adage says (slightly modified): “Don’t attribute to insanity what is better explained by incompetence”
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On the other hand, CEO’s tend to have a touch of sociopathy — and famous politicos perhaps have a touch of megalomania. Esp someone considered to almost the Messiah by so many fans.
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I suspect that we will learn which theory is correct over the next four years. Worse, they might both be correct.

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