It’s an interesting question, especially when considered from an outside perspective of your own intelligence. The following is not bullshit. It’s not false modesty or sneak bragging.
I’ve had numerous people tell me how intelligent I am. My own father, who I don’t even talk to anymore, who can do fucking anything, told me that I was one of the smartest people he knows. I’m fairly certain he was being sincere, based on the conversation and what I know about him.
He’s a smart motherfucker, too. High school grad with an abilty to conceptualise, design, engineer and execute projects. How many people who are not tradesmen do you know who could move their kitchen? Carpentry, plumbing gas lines, plumbing water lines and running new electrical service. He wanted his kitchen in a different place, so he just moved it. All by himself.
He had many years of professional sales in electroplating and he probably knew more about the process than anyone at the companies he worked for. This is going to sound like bullshit, and I only learned it through my uncle, but he got consulted by fucking NASA for an electroplating problem they were having.
The thing is, as I said, I’ve had numerous people tell me how smart I am, and I don’t get it. I mean, I know I’m above average intelligence, but I don’t understand why people perceive me as one of the smartest people they know. I’m really not. At all. It makes me uncomfortable when people say it. I wonder what I’m doing that fosters this impression.
There are a lot of smart people on this board. I couldn’t hold a candle to many of you. There is one poster here who I think may be the smartest person I’ve ever rubbed elbows with, if not directly engaged. I’m wondering if anyone who might have a guess would guess wrong.
