i reckon we could do with a bit of psychometric testing as well - mostly on presidents and a little above the level of a test for dementia.
btw are you projecting. that interviewer was skilled and respectful to the extent possible with a subject entirely incapable of rational thought.
i think your use of the word phenotype is a little bit of a stretch really - is it really the point you are trying to make? in terms of observable characteristics - i thought he was a pretty good looking bloke, nicely proportioned, polite, masterful, made a reasonable fist of following the doggerel issuing from Trump and at least asked intelligent questions and was well prepared to the extent one can be with a person with a shot gun as their mouth. oh and he didn't throw in gobbledygook or jago so that he looked intelligent - he just acted that way.
we desperately need wide psychometric testing to get rid of those identifiably aberrant on the continuum from the wider public discussion, society thrives on common sense and reason not the directly opposite personality type/s reality..... - good idea - does hotcopper constitute public discussion? I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
