Thomas Sowell is a national treasure.

This also explains why there are more average than very high IQ people. Pride goeth into the mine field.

Let me correct the good doctor slightly.

To create a truly monumental disaster, you need to have people with high IQs leading hordes of people with low IQs.

Obama won overwhelming majorities of both high school dropouts and post-graduates. He has both the ignorant morons and the narcissistic, self-indulgent elitists in his camp.

An interesting point to note, though, is that the proportion of self-reported post-graduates was more than double the national percentage. After adjusting for their voter turnout, the polls still show significantly higher post-grads and significantly lower high school dropouts. In other words, many of them lied to the pollster about their education level.