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In reply to the discussion: No, Ben Carson ISN'T "stupid"... it's worse than that: [View all]watoos
(7,142 posts)35. Actually he can be stupid,
It's that left side v right side of the brain.
I roomed with a mechanical engineer major in college, he was smart, did great in his tests. He was smart in his narrow field of mechanical engineering.
He needed a certain amount of credits in literature, he was lost, he was stupid. I had to write a paper for him to help him pass the course.
I bet that it is common for people who are so smart in their one narrow field of expertise to not be so smart in everything else. Maybe my roommate was an anomaly but just saying.
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You're right. Carson isn't actually stupid, although he gives that impression,
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2019
#2
Of course. They elected a man who was clearly incompetent in every way--relishes in it.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#4
Dementia. Remember the pyramid food storage thing? Get him out of there and get him some help! nt
albacore
May 2019
#6
Graham believes he has to compensate for ... something, and over-compensates. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#25
I've no doubt Carson was once very smart and together enough to excel at his work.
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2019
#13
Brain surgeon has to be an intense and stressful occupation. I think he had a few too many and
brewens
May 2019
#14
They're trying to demonstrate that good government doesn't work and isn't necessary
not fooled
May 2019
#22