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Old 10-22-2007, 10:59 PM
drzen drzen is offline
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Default Re: Should Presidents Be able To Spot Three Move Forced Checkmates?

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People bend over backwards to dispute my contention that those who believe that silly religious stories actually make objective sense, or that those who are weak in mathematical reasoning, are not apt to be as as good a president as the best of those who don't have these attributes.

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"The only thing you can conclude from Sklansky saying "Activity X doesn't
require intelligence" is that Sklansky has no skills in Activity X. The
only thing you can conclude from Sklansky saying "Activity Y requires
intelligence" is that Sklansky thinks he has skills in Activity Y."

Gary Carson FTW!
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