People aren't smart enough for democracy

The thing is, when we don't know something, we don't recognize that other people don't know it either. "To the extent that you are incompetent, you are a worse judge of incompetence in other people." Great. Assuming that the great unwashed don't know much about, say, fixing the economy, how can they pick someone to fix the economy? Link: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say.