Man as a measure of all things.
“People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say”
I’m afraid that (not only) this time “the scientists” have gotten it all wrong.
By speaking about “the best” (political candidate, policy idea) they demonstrate a completely false understanding of what democracy is.
They mistakenly define it as an optimization process (that is supposed to identify the best available opportunity) while functional democracy is nothing but a weeding out process.
Even pretending that anybody can identify ‘the best political candidate/policy idea’ is presumptuous, to say the…
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