Me: "Did you know that the most common cause of alcohol related death is combined with Dihydromonoxide?"
Some guy at the party: "Yeah, drugs are bad for you."
Me: "Drugs?"
Some guy at the party: "Yeah, drugs. I'm a chemist so I know how dangerous dihydrymonoxide is"
Me: "Dihydromonoxide is water... They drown because they are drunk."
Some guy at the party: "No it's not, it's a drug."
Me: *Leaves party before I am severely injured*
I've been told I'm smart, but I like to think the other way. My knowledge is an infinitely small amount compared to the combined knowledge of everyone around me in my life. I like to voice out the knowledge of which I do have, and in return hope to gain knowledge back. If you stop and listen to other's ideas, you can start to see a much bigger picture on things and learn much more than you thought you knew initially.
I didn't know hardly a thing about minecraft until about maybe three months ago, and from helping other people out and listening to other's solutions, I feel I've gained a great amount of knowledge to tackle almost any situation that comes my way. Essentially, stopping and listening is my life motto
Because I lack the mental capacity to comprehend my own stupidity.
^This sums it up fairly well.
From wikipedia: The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which the unskilled suffer fromillusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.[1]
Smart people realize that there is no such thing as smart people, only people knowledgeable in certain subject areas. Yes, some people may have better problem solving capabilities, or may know more about math, or science, or something, but truly intelligent people realize that while they may know a lot, any given person they meet knows more about something than they do.
Therefore, smart people are not the ones who go around saying "DURRRR YOU SHOULD HAVE USED "THEIR" NOT "THERE"!! YOU MUST BE SO STUPID!!!!", they are the people that accept that everyone is intelligent in their own way, and while they may know more about the current subject or more relevant subject, the person they are talking to, unless mentally disabled, is guaranteed to know more about something, and that "intelligent" person would look equally stupid under that subject of discussion.
Dumb people, on the other hand, try to act smart so people think they're smart, and therefore always point out the errors of others in an attempt to make themselves look smarter. This dumb person, again, may be considered intelligent in some topics, but lacks the knowledge to realize that other people are going to be smarter in some areas, and he/she should get over it.
Again, there really is no defining line between "dumb" and "smart", but some people do think more than others, and some know more than others, and some can problem solve more than others, etc. The distinction between "dumb" and "smart" depends on the subject at hand.
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” ~ Charles Bukowski
EDIT: I should make this clear that this is a Spongebob reference and I don't mean to offend anyone.
Some guy at the party: "Yeah, drugs are bad for you."
Me: "Drugs?"
Some guy at the party: "Yeah, drugs. I'm a chemist so I know how dangerous dihydrymonoxide is"
Me: "Dihydromonoxide is water... They drown because they are drunk."
Some guy at the party: "No it's not, it's a drug."
Me: *Leaves party before I am severely injured*
Venit, quessit, induravit.
Because they are dumb?
I didn't know hardly a thing about minecraft until about maybe three months ago, and from helping other people out and listening to other's solutions, I feel I've gained a great amount of knowledge to tackle almost any situation that comes my way. Essentially, stopping and listening is my life motto
^This sums it up fairly well.
From wikipedia:
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which the unskilled suffer fromillusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.[1]
-Patrick Star
Smart people realize there are other people smarter than themselves, so they think they're stupid.
Therefore, smart people are not the ones who go around saying "DURRRR YOU SHOULD HAVE USED "THEIR" NOT "THERE"!! YOU MUST BE SO STUPID!!!!", they are the people that accept that everyone is intelligent in their own way, and while they may know more about the current subject or more relevant subject, the person they are talking to, unless mentally disabled, is guaranteed to know more about something, and that "intelligent" person would look equally stupid under that subject of discussion.
Dumb people, on the other hand, try to act smart so people think they're smart, and therefore always point out the errors of others in an attempt to make themselves look smarter. This dumb person, again, may be considered intelligent in some topics, but lacks the knowledge to realize that other people are going to be smarter in some areas, and he/she should get over it.
Again, there really is no defining line between "dumb" and "smart", but some people do think more than others, and some know more than others, and some can problem solve more than others, etc. The distinction between "dumb" and "smart" depends on the subject at hand.