After all, Carter was a nuclear physicist. Carter, however, was one of our least effective leaders. He labored over details. And was beaten down by the job. The American people lost confidence in a man who was too bright to be their boss.
Stupid Presidents get good advice.
This is because stupid Presidents delegate. And delegate well. Because they are at home with their innate stupidity, because they have nothing to prove intellectually, stupid Presidents are comfortable surrounding themselves with people who do the thinking for them. Reagan had Weinberger and Stockman. Stupid Presidents have an instinctive ability to smell a smart idea, even if they could never hope to come up with the idea themselves.