[ExI] 12 Little Things That Show People You’re Intelligent

[Ben]

On 03/02/2021 20:55, Dave Sill wrote:
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> https://medium.com/the-ascent/12-little-things-that-show-people-youre-intelligent-without-you-having-to-say-it-a9dd8f34f53f
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> TL;DR:
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> 1. Showing up on time.
> 2. Dressing appropriately.
> 3. Remembering the little things.
> 4. Holding the door open.
> 5. The art on your walls.
> 6. Your shoes.
> 7. When you take notes.
> 8. The state of your desktop.
> 9. Spending money wisely.
> 10. How you invest your time.
> 11. The foods you eat.
> 12. Your circle of friends.
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> --
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> Some of these are good; some are pretty silly. There are some obvious 
> omissions like:
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> Be polite and respectful.
> Be a good listener.
> Be open minded.
> Pay attention.
> Keep your promises.
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> I'm sure we could add dozens more.
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> -Dave


Nope, and nope.

All those things do (the ones that actually mean anything at all) is 
show how much of a conformist people are. Nothing to do with 
intelligence at all, except perhaps in a trivial way, as in if you don't 
conform to a group's expectations, you're likely to alienate them, so 
it's smart to conform if you don't want to do that. But everybody knows 
that. Most people do these conformist things quite happily, but really 
intelligent people tend to be nonconformist, and if they do these 
things, it's for a considered reason, not habitual. So you can't use 
these thiings to determine people's intelligence.

(Have you really never met highly intelligent people who are rude and 
disrespectful? I'd suspect there is even a loose correlation (and not a 
negative one) between intelligence and those things, as a result of 
getting frustrated with all the stupidity)

I think all this is, is an attempt to 'socialise' those who think of 
themselves as intelligent (but aren't really that intelligent, or they'd 
see straight through it).

Ben

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Ben Zaiboc