Below a minimum level of hingedness the actual mental ability of the cult leader in question is irrelevant. On one hand it speaks to an ability to invent and operate incredibly complex frameworks and models of the world. On the other hand whatever intelligence they have isn’t sufficient for them to realize (or be convincible) that they’re fucking nutters.
This leads us into part 17 of my ongoing essay about how intelligence - as in “the raw mental resources supposedly measured by IQ or whatever other metrics” is useless and probably incoherent.
Below a minimum level of hingedness the actual mental ability of the cult leader in question is irrelevant. On one hand it speaks to an ability to invent and operate incredibly complex frameworks and models of the world. On the other hand whatever intelligence they have isn’t sufficient for them to realize (or be convincible) that they’re fucking nutters.
This leads us into part 17 of my ongoing essay about how intelligence - as in “the raw mental resources supposedly measured by IQ or whatever other metrics” is useless and probably incoherent.