text: has anyone noticed that most the top leader board people do not argue politics? is that why they seem wiser?   i don't think anyone at the top of the leaderboard really seems wiser, though they may seem a bit more knowledgeable on certain topics.  the thing about arguing politics is that those questions can get tons of responses, making it less likely for one particular user to be chosen as best, no matter how well written it may be.  not to mention that arguing the same point over and over again gets pretty dull after a while, and most of those users have been around longer than that.  (by the way, check out the forum linked in the upper right corner of this page to read all the arguments about yahoo! answers politics. that's where a lot of these users do get involved.)