I'm kind of tired of reading criticisms of Paul Krugman that begin by acknowledging his genius. "Of course the man's a genius," they all rush to state, before going on to catalog a number of defects that even moderately-smart people would have corrected by now.
Krugman is not seeking to learn truth; he is convinced he already knows it and he's judging the rest of us by how closely we agree with him. He accepts the flimsiest of evidence in favor of his opinions and disregards the most substantial of evidence in opposition. He launches into invective with little provocation, even when his targets are making arguments he used to make himself. In fact, he doesn't even acknowledge that he used to disagree with himself, nor does he explain why he now thinks differently from how he did before.
These aren't the character traits of genius. Until Krugman is smart enough to behave like a decent human, you will be unable to convince me that he is a genius.
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