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No Stupid Questions

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People who are smart in one way are usually not smart in every way.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Min maxxing

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

I take all of my points from wisdom, and place them into intelligence!

Now, to challenge myself to build the world's most polluting machine.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

I’ve seen students at one of the world’s most prestigious universities stop in the middle of crossing the busy road to tie their shoelaces.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

I find that most people have around the same amount of smarts to spread around. Some people hyper focus it in a specific area, others spread it around. There are obviously outliers, but when I find someone who seems to be notably dense about a topic, I usually ask myself “where are they focusing their attention?”

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

For a lot of people, the answer is unfortunately survival.

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