Of course, Socrates claimed that his wisdom consisted precisely in the fact that he knew he was ignorant, at least, ignorant of the big things, such as, definitions of wisdom, beauty, truth, courage, justice, prudence, friendship, piety, yes, piety, etc. He obviously knew some mundane things, too numerous to mention. Don't most of us?
In my experience, you're the first to proclaim so boldly on a public platform that you are very intelligent. Normally, a smart person is humble, no? Maybe not. Larry Summers, Mike Pompeo, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham seem cocky about their IQs. But they are humbugs all, and, granted, probably have lots of grey matter, better to marshall their evil artistry more successfully.
What, more precisely, do you base your much above-normal intelligence on? Being moved up a grade in school a year early? My mother was promoted in such a way twice. And no one loves their mother more than me, but she wasn't that smart. My dad won every political argument they ever had on the merits, which I noticed early on. He was just right; she was just wrong: The facts and logic were on his side.
So is your laurel deserved? I don't know; you write well, use big words correctly, but that's a relatively easily learned skill (I taught college English, so I've seen it; just keep reading, writing, and getting some constructive criticism, and the magic happens to those that do so).
However, even if self-deluded, you seem an affable chap, so I enjoyed your gambit here; it was strikingly different. Keep up the good work. Talk soon maybe.
I was intelligent once, too. A lot of good it did me!
Does intelligence equate to wisdom?
Of course, Socrates claimed that his wisdom consisted precisely in the fact that he knew he was ignorant, at least, ignorant of the big things, such as, definitions of wisdom, beauty, truth, courage, justice, prudence, friendship, piety, yes, piety, etc. He obviously knew some mundane things, too numerous to mention. Don't most of us?
In my experience, you're the first to proclaim so boldly on a public platform that you are very intelligent. Normally, a smart person is humble, no? Maybe not. Larry Summers, Mike Pompeo, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham seem cocky about their IQs. But they are humbugs all, and, granted, probably have lots of grey matter, better to marshall their evil artistry more successfully.
What, more precisely, do you base your much above-normal intelligence on? Being moved up a grade in school a year early? My mother was promoted in such a way twice. And no one loves their mother more than me, but she wasn't that smart. My dad won every political argument they ever had on the merits, which I noticed early on. He was just right; she was just wrong: The facts and logic were on his side.
So is your laurel deserved? I don't know; you write well, use big words correctly, but that's a relatively easily learned skill (I taught college English, so I've seen it; just keep reading, writing, and getting some constructive criticism, and the magic happens to those that do so).
However, even if self-deluded, you seem an affable chap, so I enjoyed your gambit here; it was strikingly different. Keep up the good work. Talk soon maybe.