It’s perfectly fine to think that you are more intelligent than those around you, you might be right. Generally speaking, though, if it’s true you’d shut the fuck up about it and maintain your advantage.
That’s the thing. Many would say that declaring it out loud is already proof it’s not true, but I’m not sure that logic holds up.
I can totally imagine a person of below-average intelligence thinking they’re smart. But would a genuinely smart person conversely think they’re actually stupid? I don’t think so. They might be more humble about all the things they realize they don’t know, but that’s a different thing.
Also, being socially clumsy and saying stuff like that is exactly what I’d expect from a truly intelligent person. When I picture an actual genius, social skills aren’t the first thing that comes to mind.
Intelligence might be desireable but it can come with trade-offs. It doesn’t exist in a vacuum and may not thus be all good.
But would a genuinely smart person conversely think they’re actually stupid?
There have been studies that disagree with you. The less you know, the more you think you know. The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.
It’s perfectly fine to think that you are more intelligent than those around you, you might be right. Generally speaking, though, if it’s true you’d shut the fuck up about it and maintain your advantage.
That’s the thing. Many would say that declaring it out loud is already proof it’s not true, but I’m not sure that logic holds up.
I can totally imagine a person of below-average intelligence thinking they’re smart. But would a genuinely smart person conversely think they’re actually stupid? I don’t think so. They might be more humble about all the things they realize they don’t know, but that’s a different thing.
Also, being socially clumsy and saying stuff like that is exactly what I’d expect from a truly intelligent person. When I picture an actual genius, social skills aren’t the first thing that comes to mind.
Intelligence might be desireable but it can come with trade-offs. It doesn’t exist in a vacuum and may not thus be all good.
There have been studies that disagree with you. The less you know, the more you think you know. The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10626367/