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Whose the most intelligent person you've ever met? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/ask@piefed.social

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I can't think of a specific person. I've met a lot of people who have quite some brain power available. Who are way more knowledgeable than me and faster processing things. Most interesting encounters are when I don't specifically attend an lecture of someone who is very smart, but randomly meet them. Like I talk to an old lady and find out she has a lot of wise words to offer.

And intelligence is quite a broad term. Some people are experts in one domain and are crazy at that. Some have broad knowledge and you can just ask them about anything and they have a clever take on it. Some are book-smart, some handy... And I don't really have a good metric to compare them.

[–] Angelusz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think you're getting down voted because of your phrasing. The first sentence reads like you haven't met any one, but you're saying you've met many, I believe.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 points 5 months ago

Thank you very much! I'll correct that.