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Old 07-22-2007   #18 (permalink)
papasmurf
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Default Re: Cleverness vs Intelligence

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I can go to various forums on the internet and speak with obviously well-educated, clever people. They use big words correctly. They have amassed knowledge, often beyond my comprehension. Yet after awhile I realize that these people are f---ing stupid! They lack a dimension of mind that true intelligence includes. They are very clever monkeys.
I have met many such people in real life. They know theory inside out and backwards, but give them a practical task to do, and they are useless. In a life threatening/survival situation most of them would die.
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