Clarity over Intellect

Dennis Prager here. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire 3 hours of my radio show commercial-free every single day, become a member of Prager Utopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives as well as the daily show prep. Subscribe at pragerutopia.com. What are we leading to? It's leading to something, I assume. Are there lyrics to this? Oh, so there— you played a happy birthday song that doesn't have the words happy birthday? Everyone on the planet knows what it is. Did you know? No, no, no. Yeah, it was a, it was a boo-boo. It's okay. Thank you though. I know it was well-intentioned. In the exact week that I have a video up at PragerU on the uselessness of good intentions, I'm telling Sean, he, it was well-intentioned. Just want to make that clear. So watch the video. It's a famous Beatles song, She Loves You. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm joking. I know that it wasn't that. I know that. This is it now. All right. All right, very nice. Thank you very much. It is my birthday. You get one a year, folks. I never— do you know, I never met anybody born February 29th. It's a, it's a thought. I wonder if they're affected. I wonder if they see a therapist for it. Hi everybody, thank you for your good wishes. And just a reminder that we choose August because it's my birthday to help raise funds for PragerU. So if you would like to help this country through our work. Go to prageru.com. Do we have a phone number for it, uh, this year? I don't know. Okay, yeah, so what? So just give it to me and I'll memorize it. And I have no reflections on the fact that it is my birthday. I can only say this, that at the age of 11 it was more exciting. Is that fair to say? And if you look up things that happened on August 2nd, actually there were two big things. The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2nd. We just learned that it was dated July 4th, but it was signed August 2nd. And isn't that the day that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait? I think he invaded Kuwait August 2nd. One great act and one horrible one. So Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan after— what is his title? Xi, Prime Minister, President? What, President? Oh God, after the dictator of China, a very bad man, the head of the most genocidal institution in history, the Chinese Communist Party, threatened that he will— that there will be terrible repercussions if she goes to Taiwan. His take is that Taiwan is part of China, has no independence whatsoever, and he already took over Hong Kong. It was a terrible mistake giving Hong Kong back to China. One of the greatest people of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher, did that. They did it because 100 years earlier they had signed an agreement that Hong Kong would go to China in 100 years. But that was not made with the Chinese Communist government, a truly rotten institution. So here is the question to which I have no answer: why did she even go? Is it because— well, I can't even guess. I take it back. I was going to say, is it because Joe Biden wants to flex the muscles of America. The, the weakening that is happening because of the wokening of the armed services is another legacy of destruction. Just this morning I was thinking about this. I, I put nothing on my car. I often drive in silence because I love thinking. It's a little factory going on in there. And not being a woman, I don't review conversations. I told you that they tested what men thought about when alone and what women thought about when alone. Women reviewed conversations. It was one of the illuminating— maybe the only illuminating study I ever read. My theory on studies is they either tell you what you already knew through common sense, or they're wrong. But I didn't know this through common sense. Anyway, I loved the silence, and I was thinking that Donald Trump would have been reelected were it not for COVID. It's The man who was recognized by every group except white progressives, ironically. Every group was moving toward voting toward him. Not the majority. Majority of blacks would still vote, majority of Jews would still vote Democrat. But nevertheless, there was an understanding that however obnoxious you might have found any of his personal traits, he was doing massive good for the United States of America and therefore for the world. Like the peace that he brought to the Middle East. It's not entire peace, but he brought peace. The Abraham Accords. I'm sorry, wiped out ISIS. Oh, to a list of things that he accomplished. He allowed— I mean, people, how many people know that he allowed men to have a defense, to organize defense if they're accused of a sexual attack at a college? Obama dropped that, and then Biden dropped that. A girl says X, Y, or Z was done to me by— he has no right to confront her. No right to challenge her. He doesn't have a lawyer, and yet the school adjudicates. There is no area of life that— virtually no area that Trump did not improve the country. And by the way, for the record, I was interviewed yesterday by the Wall Street Journal for 45 minutes, and I said I hope that he does not run I am— I've said to him to his face, he's the best president since Abraham Lincoln. But here is the issue, and I may be wrong, I fully acknowledge, but I have to take a stand. I can't be— even being neutral is taking a stand. If he runs, the issue becomes Donald Trump. I want the issue to be what the left is doing to the country. Okay, is it fair? It's not fair. I have to deal with reality, not fairness. So I don't know why she went to Taiwan. I don't know what the Chinese will do. China's economy is contracting. That's a bad sign for Xi. Whose preferred pronoun is he, which is very, very confusing. Think about it for a moment. My name is she, my preferred pronoun is he. So I wish you could all see what I saw. Sean is almost falling off his chair in laughter, and the living martyr did not move a lip muscle. There wasn't even a twitch. We all have natures, and that's important. I don't know why she went, and it seems that he will lose face if he doesn't do anything because he made big threats. They made very big threats, the Chinese government, with regards to her going. Not, by the way, with regards. Please, folks. "Regards, Beans. Send my regards to Broadway. If you see Mom, give her my regards." Otherwise it's "regard." "With regard to this, she made very big threats. You can't lose face in China or Asia and stay in power." 1-800-PRAGER-776. The Dennis Prager Show. From cringing at the pump to getting an eye-popping check at your favorite restaurant, inflation is hitting us all where it hurts, and it really hurts. So I've started using Upside and, and recommend it. It's an extraordinary app for anybody who buys gas, groceries, or dines out. 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It makes sense though, but because I'm a public figure, I get all these— man, oh, my birthday too. It's sweet, but basically in your own life, it's very rare to know anybody born on your birthday. Oh, my niece was. Wow, happy birthday, Karen. By the way, my next volume of my Rational Bible explaining what's going on in the most important books ever written, the first 5 books, Deuteronomy, is coming out in October. You can pre-order it at Amazon. It's a very— it's truly— that endeavor is a living example of those who sow in tears will reap in joy. I cannot overstate how difficult the writing is to explain everything, but you can't just pick up the Bible and read it, especially the first 5 books. You can, of course, but you can't really understand it. And they're great. PragerForHillsdale.com. Very nice. All, all's good. Indeed it is good. Do you know who's, uh, one of the villains of the earth? This guy named Klaus Schwab. Schwab, as they would say. It's really sad. 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Happy birthday, sir.

Thank you.

Listen, about this Trump thing, Matt. Look, they ran the most treasonous, corrupt election in American history. And if we just look the other way or run someone that we think they like better, we are condoning what they did. Trump has to run.

So let's say there was no, uh, let's say there had been no chicanery, no cheating, and Biden had won honestly. Would you then agree with me that if Trump runs, the election is about Trump and not about the left?

Well, if he had won, honestly, yeah, I would probably agree with you, but everyone who's paying attention that has looked at this knows that that's not—

Okay, okay. So, all right, all right, I, I hear you and I thank you, my friends. The anger over the fraud that was committed in the last election has nothing to do with who the nominee should be in this election. That's an emotional argument. I understand the emotion. There's no doubt in my mind there was cheating. I have no proof. I only have arguments for the fact that there was massive cheating. I don't know who won the election, okay? To be honest, I don't know. But I, I can't say it was honestly won. And I can't say for certain it was dishonestly won. I am— the only thing I am certain of is that Democrats cheat whenever possible and that there was cheating in this election. That has nothing to do with who should be the nominee. Nothing. I am not choosing a nominee based on my anger over the last election. I am choosing a nominee based on that person's ability to win. I said this when Donald Trump did not go to Georgia, or did not go enough. I don't remember which it was, but Georgia was not the Georgia two runoffs which decided everything. It enabled this horrible human being named Joe Biden to govern as a dictator because he has the split Senate, which is therefore in Democrats' hands because of the vice presidency. I said at the time the issue was Georgia, not the last election. The issue was Georgia, not the last election. And he kept talking about the last election. When he should have used his massive prestige among Republicans to get the vote out in Georgia. I am capable of chewing gum and walking at the same time. I am capable of believing with all of my faculty of reason that he was a great president. Not good. Great. And I'm saying all this as well. Okay, 1-8-Prager-776. The issue is not fighting the last election and choosing the Republican nominee. The issue is defeating the evil left. If you don't think the left is evil, call me or read my column of a few months ago. Everything the left touches, it destroys or ruins. I don't remember which. I always used ruin. Now I use destroy, or now I use both. Leftism is, is a, is a pre-biblical paganism, like worship of the earth. Massive confused morality. To say that you're a hater if a biological male— if you think a biological male should not compete in women's sports, to be declared a hater. Do you understand how sick, truly sick morally and logically, that is. If there's any hatred, it's hatred of women that would argue that such a person can compete in women's sports. Towels just don't seem to dry you anymore. They feel soft and lotiony in the store, but you get them home and they don't absorb. Well, Mike Lindell at MyPillow found that out around 2006, and towels changed forever. He found the best towel company right here in the USA. They have proprietary technology to create towels that feel soft but actually work. And that happens to be true. I use them. They are all made with USA cotton, and they come with the MyPillow 60-day money-back guarantee. 6-piece set, 2 bath, 2 hand towels, 2 washcloths. Regularly $109.99, now $39.99. Just go to mypillow.com and click on the new radio listener specials and get deep discounts on all MyPillow products, including the towels, by entering the promo code PRAGER. Or call 800-761-6302 for these great radio specials. mypillow.com, promo code PRAGER. Hello, y'all, Dennis Prager here. It's my birthday. Appreciate all your good wishes, and I appreciate all of you helping PragerU. The beginning of fundraising month— they chose August because of my birthday. 833-PRAGERU or prageru.com. It's very big, thank God. Touching a lot of lives. Do we have a young person on today? Yes, we do. It happens to be Marissa. That's, that's young. Our CEO will be on today. When is she coming on?

10:30.

Very nice, very nice. As I have said very often regarding what is happening in the world, I, uh, I worry a great deal about China. China is a very bad combination of extreme nationalism and communism. That's really bad, a bad combination. Let me talk about nationalism for a moment vis-à-vis China and in general. It is not a deep mind that says it is opposed to nationalism. That is like being opposed to religion because of the bad things done by religion. Okay, the reason Christianity— or excuse me, the reason for the abolition of slavery in the West was religion. The reason that there was a belief in a creator who endows us with inalienable rights is religion. There's good religion and bad religion. Basically, almost everything in life is neutral, and it could be used for bad and it could be used for good. Guns are neutral. Guns save lives and guns take lives. It's not a facile mind that is anti-gun. Anti-gun means only one thing, and certainly in the context of the United States— no, it means two things. It means that the innocent will be deprived of self-defense, and it means that the government will be the only entity that owns arms. I don't believe in that. The founders of this freest country in the world do not believe in that. Dennis Prager did not believe in that. The idea that only the state has arms should scare you. That's all. Unless you believe that governments can't do bad. Ah, what a charmed existence you must live to believe that governments can't do bad. But nobody believes that when confronted with it. Given that every genocide of the 20th century, the most genocidal century in history, was practiced by a government, by a big government, an armed government. Unprecedented numbers of people were tortured, enslaved, and murdered thanks to big states. So don't try to sell me on the idea that big government is beautiful. And by the way, government is another example of something that can do good and bad. Same with nationalism. Government is good, but nationalism is bad? That's not a facile mind. But some nationalism is terrible. If it's nationalism for the sake of ethnic purity, like in the case of German nationalism under Hitler, Or if it's the Chinese nationalism under Xi, which is devoid of moral content, it's very scary because it taps into a very powerful, non-rational part of the human being when combined with the evil that every communist government is, the embodiment of evil. This is a scary, scary regime. I, for example, try to buy things that are not made in China. Sometimes you can't even know, but if there's a choice, like it's a place I get my tall man shirts from because I can't wear regular shirts with a 38-inch sleeve. Believe me, your options are minimal. And they used to have all their shirts made in China, and now they're made in Vietnam, and it brings me great joy that they have switched. Now, theoretically, Vietnam has a communist government too, but it is not a threat to its neighbors or the world like the Chinese government is. So Nancy Pelosi is visiting Taiwan. You know, I've scoured the internet and I can't find a good reason why she went. Once, once Xi, the dictator of China, announced that there will be terrible consequences if she goes, we couldn't back down. But I don't understand why the original trip was made. Maybe it was a good idea, but I don't understand what the good idea was. It's not like we're expanding our military, and under this despicable regime in this country, we're crushing the military, kicking out our best because they're not vaccinated, making sure that they are woke The fool who is the head of the Joint Chiefs testifies in Congress that the military needs to confront white privilege and white supremacy, and they need to give them readings on that. Wow. No wonder— what is it, the Army's recruiting is 40% down? Whatever that number is, it's high. Yeah. No, I think— no, I know it's 40%. I don't know if it's only the Army. That was my question. I understand that the best, the best young men— and let's face it, folks, you lie to yourself, which is the worst form of lying, if you deny that we need men more than we need women in the armed forces. And I'll prove it to you. Do you think an all-women's army would be as effective as an all-male army? Okay, ask that to someone who thinks it's just as important to have females in the armed services. A lot of them are terrific, there's no question, but Please, let's, let's not live in the world of lies that has been constructed by the left. Would you be happier if your police department were all male or all female? Would you be happy if your fire department were all male or all female? 1-800-PRAGER-776. So the— it is now— the ball, as they say, is now in China's— in Xi's court. His economy is not doing well. It's contracting. He has treated his people like ants, which is the way all communist governments treat their own people. They're there only to serve the interests of the state. The armed state, I might add, to those who love the idea that only the government should have armaments. Hey, here's a question: are you happy that in the 1930s and first half of the '40s, the German state was the only allowed entity, only entity allowed to keep guns? That was good for the world. I sit in stupefaction when I read Jews, fellow Jews, who disagree with me that it would have been a blessing if all the Jews in Europe had guns. They actually disagree. Perfect example of leftism overcoming logic, morality, and even their own commitment to fellow Jews. It was a great thing Jews were unarmed, wasn't it? The amount of lying you have to do to be on the left is immeasurable. Men give birth. It's a great thing that Jews didn't have arms. I mean, Whatever comes up. I was laughed at on Bill Maher's show 2.5 years ago. Amazing. Almost 3 years ago now. When I said that the left says men menstruate. You should watch it. It went viral a couple of months ago. People resurrected the video. Even Bill, for whom I have respect. He's a liberal, not a leftist. Where'd you hear that, Dennis? Where'd you come up with that one? That's just 2 and a half years ago. Where'd you come up with that one? And now if you don't say men menstruate, you're a hater. I'm Dennis Prager. We'll see how she reacts. That is the dictator of China. Communism, the most evil, most destructive of the organized evils of the modern era. Nazism would have been, but it was defeated within, let's see, 32 Really, 33 to 45, 12 years. God, it just reminds me of the debate I have on the internet. Is it up at DennisPrager.com? I debate on whether people are basically good. It's on the internet. It's on the internet, but we should put a link into DennisPrager.com. So people can easily find it. It is linked to DennisPrager.com, so where would they find it? You should all watch it. You should have your kids watch it. I debated a rabbi who said that people are basically good. You know, there are a few positions, there are a few positions that people have that I differ with, that I don't understand. I I understand people who want bigger government. I understand people who want free this, free that. I don't understand people who believe people are basically good. The power of wishful thinking. Supposedly the Age of Reason, which the Enlightenment was supposed to unleash, but it never happened. And it's— we're undoing reason more than the Middle Ages. We are pre-medieval in our contempt for reason. It's really a very worrisome thing. Feelings are so powerful. It's so hard to say, is what is my position a feeling, or have I come to it rationally and morally? Anybody who's for defunding the police but then will call the police if they're in danger is living a personal lie. Defund the police. Yes, it's up, it's up there. Okay, let's take a look here. What's, uh, what's in our— what's on our call screen? Uh, okay, Stephen in Hudson, Wisconsin. Hello.

Hey, if the United States is so good, how come we had slaves? And how come you have weren't allowed to have guns if, uh, if that was the fact. So in other words, guns were the deciding factor, and Black— the Black community should really want to preserve their rights to own guns, to preserve the fact that they won't be put back in chains.

Wait, there are two separate issues here. Let's deal with number one. Are you serious about if America is such a great country, why did it have slaves? Did I hear you correctly?

That's the left mantra, isn't it?

That, uh, oh, you're, you're just echoing the left's mantra. You were not— it was not clear to me that you, you didn't believe what you said to me.

Yep. No, I'm just saying the left is saying, you know, we're a horrible country because we had slaves, but yet the slaves weren't allowed to have guns.

That's right.

So now they're trying to take our guns away from us.

So By the way, there was a very big article. Where was it, Alan? A big article about Black women being a very big gun-desiring community. New York Times. Oh yeah, New York Times just published recently in the last week how Black women want to be armed. I don't blame them. I'd like to know what position the left holds that is a winning electoral position. You know what it is? The winning electoral position for the left is, we will give you more money. We will spend more money. Believe it or not, that is the only winning position I can identify. Defunding the police is not. Guns is not. They thought abortion is, but most Americans Americans are in the middle on it. Most Americans do not agree with the left that under any circumstances, at any time, abortion is moral. It is impossible to hold that position and think clearly. Impossible. So the issue of saving a mother's life, the number of times a baby has to be killed to save the mother's life under modern Western medical protocols, it may well be zero. The baby may need to be removed through a cesarean section, any number of things, but actually killed in order to save the mother's life, it's— since almost nothing is zero, it's close to zero. And I am in total agreement that the mother's life is preeminent. Correct. That is— I agree with that. But since it's statistically close to insignificant, The argument is not an effective one. They're looking for their argument, and it really amounts to the Republicans are racist and hate your guts if you're not white, Christian, male, heterosexual. That's their hope, that owning the New York Times and the Washington Post and CNN And colleges and high schools will have people believe that. That's their hope for election. Turns out that it's not— unvindicated. Back in a moment. The Dennis Prager Show. That video alone— the irrelevance of good intentions. If I could wish every young person— by young in this case, I would say under 50— saw that, it could change the society, because so much confusion exists because people think good intentions are what most matter. So see you at PragerU. This is PragerU fundraising month. There are a number of wonderful organizations fighting for this country. I, I think that every one of them would acknowledge that we have a unique role thanks to the numbers of people whose minds we change with our videos, with our children's content. And it can only be done by people helping PragerU. 833-PRAGER-U. Each day I have somebody, usually a Prager Force member, a young person in our young people's group, sometimes donors. And when I'm really lucky, I got the CEO, Marissa Streit, to say that she is indispensable. Does not even come close to how important she is to the organization. And if I were you, I would tune in at the Salem— where is it now? Salem News Channel. All right, then you could see her. You also see me, which is not a bonus, but you can watch— you can watch us. Marissa Streit, it is great, great to speak to you. Thank you, just as Dennis, I'm thanking you.

Thank you, Dennis. Happy birthday.

Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Yes. Comes once a year. It's a special day for everybody who has one, and everybody has one. So, Marissa, give us a— in your case, what I want is the news about the organization. So what's our views status? What's our money status? Take it away.

All right. Well, first, I want to start by wishing you a happy birthday once a week on Friday, I meet with my kids at home for the Sabbath and we talk about what we're grateful for during the week. And then once a year I get to be with you and mention to everybody how grateful all of us here at PragerU are for you. We have 100 employees now, over 20,000 Prager Force members, over 20,000 educators and parents that are following our kids' content. And so on behalf of all of us, we are just incredibly grateful. You are a national treasure. We're grateful for your courage, your wisdom, your clarity, your love, everything. So I just want to take a moment. I know you're supposed to give a State of the Union, but I just want to take this moment. And I know your listeners really share the same statement that you have been so significant in America's life and we're just incredibly grateful. And so if just today on your birthday is this moment that we create a tradition to thank you, I just want to make sure that I do that because we are so lucky to have you in our lives and saving America. Thank you.

Well, I didn't know this was coming, folks, to be perfectly honest, but coming from you, it actually means a great deal. Thank you.

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833-PRAGER-U, prageru.com. CEO Marissa Streit will continue. Back with Marissa Streit, CEO, in a moment. Hey everybody, it's the Ultimate Issues Hour on the Dennis Prager Show. The last time an Ultimate Issues Hour fell on my birthday— Sean, look it up. When, when was the last August 2nd Tuesday? Depending on when the leap year fell, this might be a rare, rare occasion. The Ultimate Issues Hour is my birthday gift to you. Aren't there cultures in which you take your friends out and you buy the meal? Have you heard that? I'm not kidding. Where it's people's birthdays and they treat everybody. It makes sense when you think about it. It's my birthday and I want to celebrate it with all of you. Why should you pay? Anyway, I mention it because it's also the 40th anniversary of my radio show, of my radio, not this show particularly, but my being on radio I have a column on it today, and there's one thing I want to raise for the Ultimate Issues Hour that, if you take seriously, can change the way you see yourself and the way you raise children, or perhaps grandchildren. So I mentioned this in the very beginning of the show today. It was a dictum that was said to me when I began radio by a veteran. I don't remember who. I would certainly cite his name. Undoubtedly it was a he. 2011 and 2016. So 2016, 6 years ago, was the last time. Wow. It's, it's not worthy of a wow for most of you, but I I like it. So I was told, Dennis, never underestimate the intelligence of your audience and never overestimate their knowledge. There's a very, very, very helpful insight. Everybody should have that. I want to talk to you about brain power. And the issue of raising brilliant kids, about your own intelligence, etc. It has been my experience, and I have— I believe I have talked with, not to, with more people than any living person. I figured this out. I may be wrong. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I don't have vested interest in being right on this, but I, I do believe that many people— not many, some people have talked to more people than I have, but I don't think anyone has talked with. Therapists talk to a lot of people, with a lot of people, but it's the same people in many occasions, on many occasions. And I have found that that dictum is accurate. And I'm concentrating on part 1. It is extremely rare, no matter how much I may have differed with somebody, it is extremely rare that I have ever thought I really just talked to a stupid person. I have certainly felt I have talked to fools, but stupid in the sense that that they— their brain power is just lacking. It is exceedingly rare. The vast, vast, vast majority of people have truly adequate brain power to handle life. If I could make the analogy to a car, What's considered a good horsepower? I mean, I'm not talking about a Porsche or even a Tesla. What's, uh, what, what's, what's good? A good horsepower car? Now, 300 is a sports car. What? All right, 400 is now a sports car. So what does my car have? My— what do you think my SUV Which can, you know, has some real pickup, but it's a big car, so it must have 300 horsepower, I guess. You think it's closer to 400? Okay, fine. I don't want to dwell on that. So virtually everybody has at least a 300-horsepower brain. That's my point to you. Of course, there are people with 400 or 500-horsepower brains. I'll talk to you about that in a moment too. There is nobody, at least at this time in history, who would say if you have a 350-horsepower car, it's underpowered. You really, you can't get around town. Okay, or so that's the way I look at people's brains. I, I don't recall thinking— if I were to use the analogy, I just spoke to somebody who has a 200-horsepower brain. And by the way, to Leslie, if these people calling in are calling on the brainpower topic, it's fine. But if they're not, I'll ask people to hang up and call them on another hour. This— the topic this hour is what renders people stupid is not lack of brain power. It's really, really important that people understand this. Now that I think of it, I am a little surprised I have never discussed this for an hour on my radio show, the importance of brains.

Wrong.

Every one of you listening, virtually every one of you listening, I wouldn't be surprised if it's everyone, has sufficient brainpower to handle life well, to read any clearly written book. I mean, there are books that are so dense I have an issue, and I'm pretty confident I have a good brain. I take no credit for it. It just is what it is. At a very early age, I was very lucky to have come to many realizations very early in life. I understood, however, I never thought I was particularly brilliant. I never used that word in my own self-assessment. I'm brilliant. I still don't. It makes me laugh. What I did have from a very early age was an obsession with clarity. And it's an obsession, by the way, that is not just in the realm of logic. Philosophy, thinking, politics, religion. It's in my hobbies. That's why I am obsessed with the sharpest photos, the clearest audio system. I am Mr. Clarity on steroids. I try to speak and write with great clarity, and I do. That's why people read me and listen to me. Because I'm very clear. You may disagree with me, but you know exactly what I'm saying. I love clarity. Clarity is, is almost everything. It dwarfs brainpower. The number of people with fine minds who lack clarity is, is as great as the number of people with poor brains. Or inferior brains that who lack clarity. Common sense is infinitely more important than great brainpower. A brilliant person who lacks common sense is an idiot. A person with average intelligence who has common sense is very bright. Good stuff, huh? Really good stuff. Brilliance without common sense is a farce. Clarity and common sense, that's what matters. Everyone has brain power. Parents so regularly speak about how brilliant their child or grandchild is, to which my response is, so what? We'll be back. The Dennis Prager Show. This is the Ultimate Issues Hour on The Dennis Prager Show. This is a life changer if you take it seriously, this subject: brain power. Almost everybody I have ever interacted with, and I believe I've interacted with more individuals than anybody alive, I mean one-to-one because of the talk show. Of course, a lot at other occasions because of all the speeches and then talking to people, but even putting that aside, the talk show, I have almost never left meeting a person thinking that person really has an inferior brain. The problem with the human race is not that they're lacking brain power, it's that they're lacking values, clarity. And even put values aside right now— values is certainly not related to intelligence. The number of intelligent people with idiotic values, with stupid values, with destructive values is enormous. There is no link between intelligence and good values, between intelligence and decency. Nothing. By the way, in this regard, I have no interest in all these books, and these are serious people, and I'm not knocking them. On the IQ issue, I have never— well, let's put it this way. I have always believed IQ is overestimated in its importance. I don't know mine. I don't care what it is. I don't know my children's. They don't know theirs. I don't care what it is. None of you care what it is. Does the person think clearly? Does the person have good values? But again, even putting the moral issues aside, can they think clearly? Thinking clearly is not a function of intelligence. Do you teach your children to think clearly, to use common sense? Did you? Do they teach their children that? My suspicion is that people were far more obsessed with their brilliance, with their grades. You know how many intellectuals fell for communism? You know how many stupid people with fine brains there are? Enormous, enormous number. I mean, every one of my professors at Columbia University in graduate school had a very, very fine mind. It was obvious. But in some ways they were cuckoo, like men and women are basically the same. So, oh, I didn't even mention the magic word: wisdom. The relationship between a good brain and wisdom is zero. Zero. Wisdom is infinitely more important than a good brain. So this is a biggie. Let's go to your calls here. Oh, kadokey. Las Vegas, Jonathan. Hello.

Oh, hi, Dennis. The King of Clarity. I love it. Dennis, where does wisdom begin? Because without that, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Well, I believe that overwhelmingly wisdom is taught. People think— go on.

I just thought about— I thought it started with a fear of God. So without that, you're lost, right?

Having said that, there, there are people with fear of God who don't have wisdom, but it does begin with that. That was my, uh, that is my theme, uh, in my column many, many, like 20 years ago, how I found God at Columbia. I was I was baffled by the fact that so many bright people had stupid ideas. And then the only epiphany of my life— in other words, like out of nowhere, this gigantic realization hit me— ah, there's no wisdom at Columbia because there's no God at Columbia, specifically the God of the Bible. God outside of that is Not the issue. Yep, that is correct. Boise, Idaho. John, hello.

Oh, Dr. Prager, I'm telling you, I promise I won't— listen, I hail from the city you live in, and I won't say yes or no, but I will tell you this. I had a billionaire client of mine share with me one time— he asked me to come in and ask my opinion about one of Dennis, the guys he wants to hire. And he asked what I thought. And I said, "Well, I think he's kind of sharp. I think he's kind of bright." And he said, "John, there's two kinds of people in the world." And I go, "Oh." And he goes, "There's those that are smart who have very little wisdom, which you have said for years, to which I have taken heart with." Second is that there are those that are bright who may not necessarily be that well educated but can do almost anything. And I thought about it after the fact, and I came up with 4 kinds of people. There are those that are smart, more degrees than a thermometer, but the least wise. And you helped me teach— or teach me that. Second is the ones that are bright, like my brother-in-law, who, who has a high school education, but he can do anything. He's way ahead of the curve. Then there are the third ones that are smart and bright. That's you, and that's my client, who you may or may not know, Al Mann, um, who's now gone to the other side. But I will tell you, the fourth one, and this is where we're in trouble, those are the ones that are both or I should say both— neither smart nor bright, and that's our president and our vice president. We are in trouble.

Okay, I didn't know what the punchline would be. It's an interesting question. Uh, I think, I think Kamala Harris is, uh, is— well, it's interesting. I, I haven't She's street smart. She knows how to get ahead. Look, she certainly— and Joe Biden do— they have sufficient brain power to grasp any concept, but they're so foolish that it's like it's not— it's They have the horsepower, but everything about the engine doesn't work well, to use my horsepower analogy. I, you could— by the way, when she was running for Attorney General of California, I was with her on the Larry King Show. It's on the internet. All right, y'all. Ultimate Issues Hour. By the way, it's fundraising month because today's my birthday, so we picked August as fundraising month for PragerU. Please help us touch lives. A lot of people have been hit by the recession, so while major donors are continuing to help PragerU in its fights, for this country and its values. A lot of, of the people who give regular amounts of donations cannot. So please help us help this country. Everything we put up is free. PragerU.com, 833-PRAGER-U. You'll feel good that you did it. The help reserve is important. Important as the fighters. Topic on this Ultimate Issues Hour is brain power. The issue in life is not how smart you are, it's how much common sense do you have, how much clarity do you have, your values, your wisdom, and none of that is brain-oriented. Everybody Just about every normal person has a fine brain. All right, it's a big deal. Okay, La Cañada, California, next door here. Hello, Bill.

Hi, Dennis, uh, happy birthday.

Thank you.

Uh, I, I think, um, we've got a lot of willfully stupid educated people. That they, they say things that they know don't make any sense and they do it anyway. And I think, uh, Ketanji Jackson's the prime example of this. She's a mother with children who can't or won't define a woman.

See, did you see the documentary put out by The Daily Wire on what is a woman?

Uh, no, I don't use computers.

You don't do computers. No, one minute, one minute. Let me, let me go down the line. Do you do indoor plumbing?

Indoor plumbing? Occasionally when I have to.

Okay, I would put computers up there with indoor plumbing. I think you should reconsider your, your conviction. Anyway, I thank you. You should all see What is a woman? It is real. It is sobering. His point is entirely well taken. Willful stupidity, right? So a person who says there's no definition to a woman, it is whoever feels like one. So is that person stupid? If stupid means lacks brains or inferior mind, the person is probably not stupid. We, we wildly overrate brain power. You know where brain power is indispensable? In physics, in mathematics, in the hard sciences. Although, not although, and you know that there is no reason to believe that that person has more common sense than anyone else. If I tell you that somebody is a professor of physics, will you make assumptions about Whether they think clearly, they think clearly in physics. Does it mean they think clearly about life? Okay. All right, let us see here. Don in Dallas, the famous Don of Dallas. Hello.

Hey Dennis, how are you? Well, so good. Um, happy birthday as well.

Thank you.

I would I just like to think, so being a Torah Christian, and a lot of the stuff has always taught us about our heart rather than our brain. And I've been doing some recent research on some stuff, come across some things where it talks about a nervous system in our heart that's actually more complicated than our brain and sends 10 times more messages to our brain. And I just want to give a real common example most people may associate with. I get overwhelmed by an emotional response and it shuts my brain off. So all of a sudden my heart has cortical inhibition to my brain.

We can go on, right? Yes. Okay, you know what, I gotta go. I gotta break, but I want to tell you something. I'm taking a risk by saying this, but I take risks a lot. I want to tell you an old Yiddish saying. I'll tell it to you when we get back. I don't do that to keep you listening, but it's true. I have to. Dennis Prager here. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire 3 hours of my radio show commercial-free every single day, become a member of Prager Utopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives as well as the daily show prep. Subscribe at pragertopia.com.