IQ and psychometric testing...

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   I have known people who were engineers who I thought to be great managers (say as COOs).  I'm biased of course, but my wife, who is a chemical engineer, I thought was an excellent manager/director, but I can't infer too much based on my limited experience and inherent biases.  A good manager should be widely respected and respectable, and a lot of that has to do with being seen to be fair.  It depends on the person.  CEOs often require salesmanship because sales is an important part, and to appeal to shareholders.  There are good salespeople and those who are bullsh*t artists.  

Politicians tend to be salespeople, despite what they formally studied, but I harbor some disdain for salespeople including politicians.

There is no one type of academic background that makes one great for office, though I would think that someone who has a great deal of general knowledge and a general love of learning including re-evaluating and scrutinising their opinions as well as those of the party is more likely to do good for the country, I think.  I would like a so-called Renaissance man or woman in office, and someone with integrity and compassion who is not just self-serving.  

It is indeed important for the leader to be surrounded by knowledgeable people, and the person should be receptive to a wide range of opinions.  It requires a pretty open-minded politician who is interested in the pursuit of truth, for one thing.  Someone like Trump is not.  He seems anti-science for one thing, and doesn't try to appeal to the most rational of people, and chooses people based on his own biases, agenda, personality traits etc.  Trump is an egotistical bullsh*t artist.

As for my philosophical interests, the people who I find that I tend to turn to most to satisfy those interests of mine are often primarily psychologists. Philosophy is a very wide "non-discipline" and intersects with many planes of studies.

Poll Question: ...for presidential candidates. Should there be?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes, they need to be mentally stable and intelligent	8	[53.33%]
No, it's what's in their heart that counts	1	[6.67%]
No, because it disriminates against the stupid and psychotic	2	[13.33%]
I don't understand the question	0	[0.00%]
Other - please explain	4	[26.67%]
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