Could be, but that would constrain the types of arguments you could
offer in its favor. Your original arguments, for example, don't
support this type of conclusion:
>don't think that it can be argued that a bunch of mostly white male rich
>lawyer-politicians is an accurate cross-section of the nation. ...
>However, I doubt most people (let alone the ones on this list) have that
>much respect for their extant legislators. More theoretically, it is
>not clear why they should have superior powers of mind; ...
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/