Who do yall think is the smartest person on The Coli

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My corgi is a fukking coward when it comes to cats, too

 

[InkosiYe]

Me of course

But nah it's hard to really name one person whose the smartest, I've seen alot of folks that tend to make great points though. I can't think of all the names off the top of my head, but there are definitely some folks whose opinions I respect more than the average, and on the flipside there are others who I fully expect to be spewing pure stupidity every time they post . But in reality we can all be more or less well versed depending on the subject matter so it's hard to say who's the "smartest" at the end of the day.

Yeah, there are actual studies that show that highly intelligent people are far more effective in coming up with reasons to support their position even when their position is wrong. In fact, their advantage over less intelligent people is greater in that case (more bluntly, dumb people only make good arguments when they're right, while smart people can make good arguments right or wrong). High-IQ people also are slowly to change incorrect positions than low-IQ people are, either because they were so good at coming up with arguments to support that bad position or because they're just more prideful.

It's one of the reasons you so often see smart people on both sides of an argument. Or on occasion even see perceived "smart" people all ganging up on the same side of an argument that in historical retrospect was clearly wrong.

To use a recent example, whenever Stephen Hawking is speaking on anything other than theoretical astrophysics, he comes off as profoundly clueless. He's not just wrong, he's ignorantly, blindly wrong, just talking out his ass. But because he's so intelligent in his field, he believes that his views on other subjects will also be correct, even though he hasn't spent even 0.1% of the time learning them that he spent learning physics. So he'll spout off on something to the media as if his views on the subject matter, and they'll all cover it because a "smart" person said it, with deference to his opinions, even if they're ill-informed and poorly reasoned. He's entitled to his opinion but they really shouldn't be covering it. Needs to shut up and calculate event horizons.

It takes a ton more work to be both intelligent and intellectually humble. To be a constant learner and constantly reevaluate your positions. if you can do that though, and disseminate your findings in a manner that educates others, you can be a huge asset to society.

Well said, but then how are we defining intelligence anyway? Being the greatest astrophysicist in the world doesn't mean he knows a damn thing about anything else. He's fully specialized in a niche area. Floyd Mayweather in his prime was a freak athlete with amazing reflexes, but he wouldn't have had a chance of fukking with Roger Federer on the tennis court, it wasn't his specialty. Are we giving more credit to someone who's more of a generalist with a wide knowledge base vs. a specialist with a depth of knowledge in a particular field? And then, if Stephen Hawking actually took the time learn about other subjects, would he not be able to hold his own while discussing them with the intellectuals in that area?

I think if I had to really define "smart", it's probably the speed with which people get up to speed on topics. The folks I always respected the most in school were the ones who could be shown a new concept and almost immediately have it figured it out. There's two people in particular that I'm thinking of who were like this that I considered to be legit geniuses. A level of self awareness and the ability reevaluate like you mentioned are definitely an important element as well, but I think seeing the speed that some people learn at was always the most impressive thing to me.

 

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@Nicole0416

She passed the bar, which has a 38% pass rating, one of the hardest test in the world.

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

@Smoking With Cigarettes i think breh is a lawyer, and knows his shyt. I could be mixing him up, but I respect people with minds that retain so much info.

Nah breh Im young asf, I just spend a lot of time trying to understand the world as opposed to bytching about it like the majority of the bitter old niggss on this site. You may have me confused with someone else but i did take Law Studies in both middle and high school but I picker a chiller major for college. All the research Ive done/do I probably could've been a lawyer or something, but I'm not with that square shyt I feel more valuable as a foot soldier

 

[Paper Boi]

@Rhakim
@EndDomination

i agree with these too.

i don't know who @Black Steph Curry is.

 

[Pimpdaddy]

I'm going with @śïñe•qúå_nøn

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[Ugo Ogugwa]

Hopefully the Coli dummies being tagged can take the tags to the bank and buy some smarts that translate to the real world.

 

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Think strangers on messageboards are smarter than you brehs.

 

[GhostBreh]

Me. FRFR.


You wouldn't know it by my posts on the coli though, I'm mostly here for fukkery.