Is Ben Carson is electable

[BlueSwan]

There's a certain like ability factor a candidate must have. It's undefinable. You either have it or you don't. Unfortunately, I fear that Ted Cruz does not, as much as I may like him! Does that make sense?

Yes, that makes perfect sense. He has this asshole-ish aura that is hard to ignore. And it is well known that he is mostly despised by his senate colleagues.

[BlueSwan]

and remember that these are valid opinions because everyone has their own reasoning which is likely valid in its own right

This is interesting but flawed. An opinion isn't necessarily "valid" just because someone holds it. That view would be the ultimate moral relativism, which never holds up to scrutiny, unless you would agree that the view that blowing up kindergarten kids for fun is good, is a valid opinion.

[BlueSwan]

So how do you feel about the pyramids? More to the point, what would President Carson do when his "pet theory" on any given issue goes against what all of his expert advisors tell him?

That theory isn't relevant to the presidency and I personally don't consider myself an expert on Egyptian history so i refrain from commenting. Carson wrote that so long ago it is hardly relevant today

It is relevant because he bases history and fact on religious text.. Which makes him unfit for the Presidency but that is one thing out of a giant list of things he doesn't know about.

I hate to point it out, but you have someone who is "unfit to be president" as your #5 pick for the job in your signature...

[BlueSwan]

So how do you feel about the pyramids? More to the point, what would President Carson do when his "pet theory" on any given issue goes against what all of his expert advisors tell him?

That theory isn't relevant to the presidency and I personally don't consider myself an expert on Egyptian history so i refrain from commenting. Carson wrote that so long ago it is hardly relevant today

Carson said he stands by those statements to this day, and you don't need to be an expert on Egyptian history to know that the pyramids are almost entirely solid stone with no place to put any grain.

But pyramids aside, the point was that Carson supporters keep talking about how it's okay that he has no policy knowledge whatsoever because he's a good Christian with a good moral compass, and to be a good president he just needs to surround himself with competent economic and foreign policy advisors, etc. Except here we see an example of how his mind works, and it's scary because he doesn't believe in listening to experts, or the scientific method, or basic logic. And no, the bible didn't tell him that the pyramids are full of grain. That wasn't a necessary consequence of his religious beliefs. But his particular approach to biblical literalism requires that every new piece of information that enters his brain must be bent around his interpretation of the bible. So he reverse-engineers his own pet theories that fill in the gaps between statements in the bible and facts in our present world with absurd fantasies even if that means distorting facts or refusing to acknowledge any evidence to the contrary, and he absolutely cannot be persuaded. That doesn't concern you?

This!