Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20171019193715/@comment-27924662-20180115132142

Thekillman wrote: Thats a very strange example. An ant doesn't have the ability to make a supercomputer. Not just in the "it doesn't know" sense. Ants barely have a brain and mostly cooperate due to smell. On the other hand, you could probably go back 10 000 years or more before humans would be physically incapable of living the modern life. IE if you were to travel back 10 000 years, grab a baby and raise it as your own, the child would grow up to be essentially a modern human. Would he? You take up a child who could be ancestors of humans he won't grow up to be Modern Kid. After all if you will grow pumpkin you can only expect pumpkins not watermelons no matter how much you nurture them. That's not all there is no guarantee that he won't face discrimination and stuff thanks to his different genealogy.

Thekillman wrote: Namikazenaruto9 wrote: We further see his planning to neutralize sasuke with Kotoamatsukami, Stopping Edo Tensei. Using Koto is hardly a feat of brilliant planning. It's a straightforward eye power. It can be programmed. Same with Edo Tensei. I find something like Minato's seal a far bigger deal, since it effectively revolutionized jinchuriki design. Or Edo Tensei itself, which uses jinchuriki, genjutsu and summoning to achieve something better and more controllable than a Jinchuriki. Or Orochimaru adapting it for his own immortality jutsu, as he basically Edo Tensei's himself but with a living soul. Itachi didn't seem to have invented any jutsu like Minato, he just used what he used pretty well and was very deceptive, which is a sign of people's skill but hardly general intellect. In that respect he suffers from Shikamaru's problem, in that he's said to be smart but rarely gets a chance to really prove it. Jutsu invention again isn't a measure of intelligence. People need stronger repertoire only when they are faced with the wall. This Wall could be anything be it need for stronger jutsu to disable enemies, to acquiring youth. Itachi never had to face this wall. His Bloodlines were usually too strong, Occasionally if someone came out to be stronger he had the weapons. Also Jutsu invention again requires very huge amount of time something which Itachi never had compared to his predecessors.

Ninja Of War wrote: Kage's are most often then not the strongest shinobi in their respective villages. You don't get to that position without experience, more importantly, you absolutely have to have a strategic mind and high intelligence. Kage have to make decisions that affect their entire village, assign the right kind of missions to the right kind of shinobi, enter into alliances with other villages, ensuring the development of future shinobi, new ninjutsu etc. Being strategic in combat is only one aspect of their intelligence. Kage definitely have to have high-level of intelligence, in all aspects to be in that position.

So yes, they have to be highly intelligent. Which is not the same when comparing only with being strategic in combat. That's why underlings are there. Council of Jonin, Elders, Former Kages, Right hand man, all these are part of organization. Kages never makes the decision. In fact Nara clan takes care of the strategic stuff you are talking about for long time now. Any decision to be made especially during Tsunade's reign had to go through at least the Elders or Jonin Council. There were several Right Hand mens in the series. Jiraiya, Sasuke, Madara, Tobirama, Danzo all played important roles.