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[quote=Anonymous]Wow it really varies.

I think I am very smart but I don’t act smart in front of people I don’t know. I joke around, using a lot of self-deprecating humor, and I say like a lot. Lots of people are really surprised when the conversation turns to something I’m interested in on a deeper level and I ask intelligent questions and/or spew a bunch of knowledge I have gained over the years about the topic. My husband actually said one of the things that he found attractive was that I was ditzy but smart.

But then I know people who don’t really joke around  and all their sentences are well-constructed and laden with factual knowledge that demonstrates impressive critical thinking skills. Then there are people who you know are smart just because of their jobs, like an appellate attorney who regularly argues in front of the Supreme Court or a rocket scientist. There are so many ways to address intelligence.

Also, like I always say when the subject of intelligence comes up: it is a vastly overrated quality. Intelligent arent more likely to make more moral decisions, they aren’t more likely to be happy, they aren’t more likely to self-actualize, and they aren’t more likely to have better relationships. They don’t do better in any of the things I find most important in life.  [/quote]

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