Understanding terrorism

[lookout123]

"every officer is always more intelligent than every enlisted man". Obviously I did not say that. And yet that is what Lookout123 wants you to believe.

no, tw, i am not trying to pervert any of your posts or put words into your mouth. contrary to what you may believe, i think that you are an intelligent, educated individual with a drastically different world view than i hold. i was shocked to read what sounded like a declaration that generally, officers are more intelligent than enlisted. i asked you a question hoping you would clarify.

you want specific proof that enlisted people are as intelligent as officers? what would be sufficient? IQ test results for every member of the military? you are asking for proof of something that cannot be proven in a text book fashion. what we can do is step back and look at the sea of humanity we see everyday. are managers necessarily more intelligent than their employees? are people in "professional" careers necessarily more intelligent than those in non-"professional" positions? to think that intelligence can be judged by a quick glance at rank, job, or pay would be a mistake.

a mistake that i didn't believe you would make.