A few days ago a man was lamenting that the horror in TN was "just another day." Responder wrote "Media wants headlines." I disagreed as this is historically a passive means of assmilitation of others. He said "You are really trying hard to sound smart." I wrote "I'm not smart."

Jan 7, 2021 · 9:54 PM UTC

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Smart, as is measured now, uses MMPI, IQ, spatial reasoning, math, language and behavior to qualify "smart." Smart people are extremely adept at compartmentalization, life/work balance. Problem solving day to day issues with practical solutions. As such, they tend to be stable.
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I suck at compartmentaliztion. Do not separate life, study, work. I work long-term big problems with singular focus, use uncoventional, bizarre and others insights to highly productive results. I am unstable, make awful decisons day to day. No assessment of me uses "smart"
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Quantifying intelligence is difficult and imprecise, but there are patterns. Intuitive intelligence has different behaviors for example. I wish I were smart. Life might be easier for me and all around me. And the message went right over his smart head.
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Replying to @mholzschlag
I must be way off base, because the _very first_ word that comes to mind when I see your name is, "smart." I'd like to posit that someone can be (even extremely) smart, yet burdened or struggling.
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Smart as a definition simply means the existence of intelligence in argument so you're not wrong in that regard but when we quantify and qualify an imprecise methodology but patterns prevail I kind of go over the top too much ;-)
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