Subtle Signs That Someone Is Intelligent

Do you do any of these things? 

Episode Transcript

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Are there subtle signs that someone isvery intelligent. We like this because if
we don't fall into any of thesecategories, at least we can fake it.
Can I can I tell you minethat I do before you see.
We can see if it's on thelist, but I don't. Yeah,
no, I like to hear it. I buy books from really smart people

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or really smart books just to stickon my bookshelf. Okay, so that
you say from smart people, youdon't mean the seller. You mean the
person I do like nom Chomsky.He's just I don't. I could never
read a Nome Chompsky. I understandI'm saying. I'm not saying you're like
looking for like some guy named Frankthat's a scholar on eBay selling books.

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You mean I mean an author,yes, yeah, is, but or
a really smart book who maybe youdon't know the author, but it's about
something really you know. So like, I totally see where you're coming from.
And that would work if you hadpeople over at your place to see
what type of books you had.She sometimes does. That's where it's falling.

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We have anybody over, it's hersister, we're coming over. I
wish she would love to have uswhole party. Remember, I've learned from
Alison to kick things down the road, So now I don't make anything right
away. So in twenty twenty five, our goal. In twenty twenty five,
our goal is to visit each other'shomes. There we are going to

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do. Here are some of thesigns that someone is very intelligent. When
they can admit a mistake and theyknow they don't know everything. I think
that makes you humble, doesn't itover? Intelligent and make sure mature?
Sure, yeah, I mean becausethat's all of us, really, and

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we should be able to do that. When they're very good at problem solving,
they always approach the problem from theright angle, even if it's something
they have no experience with. Yeah, this all this all sounds reasonable more
than it is intelligent. I wishI could remember. I read a meme
just yesterday, I think, andit said something like writing like writing down

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the problem is half of solving it. Like it was something like that.
Yeah, when being taught to dosomething new, they care just as much
about why it should be done acertain way as they do about what needs
to be done. All right,let me I'll give you an example.
I think Okay, how many timeshave we been told to do something and

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I've said, what's their strategic reasonon why you want us to do it
that way? That doesn't make mehighly intelligent. I'm just saying we are
naturally curious on to know why.If you want us to do something,
tell us why it works? Right? Right? Because we're doing it this
way and getting by right, Ineed to I need to start doing that
more because I'm I'm now do Yeah, I'm just like okay, I mean,

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I guess so when I ask youto get me something or do something
you need, you don't. Youjust do it because you think it's your
job. You don't ever think there'sa strategic reason. Sometimes they just don't
really care. I'm just like,okay, sure, no, I'm what
I already know what the reason.Now, what I'm talking about is we're

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going to have to learn a newcomputer system here pretty soon to do our
job. I don't want to dothat. What about how the one that
we do already works pretty good?That sols and you're gonna ask what's the
strategic reason to do this? Whenthey feel challenged by news things and not
threatened? Okay, okay, butthat's more of a personality thing. I

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don't know, is that really asign of intelligence? Yeah, okay,
but it sounds like being reasonable andthoughtful. It makes you intelligence. Yeah,
when they can understand someone's opposing viewwithout having to agree with them or
get angry over it, or wherethey can hold Yeah, that is especially
in politics. Yeah, there's acouple of categories where that's tough. I

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gotta tell you there's no one Idon't think politically though that I could,
that I would care enough to fightabout though. That's the best I can
do. I was telling you guysthis yesterday or not that long ago about
my neighbor who was directly opposite ofWarren and I politically. Yeah, and
she used to love to, like, you know, go there with us,

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and she'd give me her books fromyou know, and I would just
I would stand there however long shewanted to talk. We'd be in the
hallway, you know, twenty minuteswhatever. And I'd be like, because
I have no desire, she's notgoing to change my mind. I'm not
going to change hers. I'd takeher books. I might even look through
them. You see. I thinkthat that goes a long way when you

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are a person. We all havea person in our lives where they either
always have to get the last wordin or they can never just let anything
slide, Like if they don't agreewith what you're saying, they'll tell you
that they don't agree, or ifyou're wrong in the slightest they will let
you know that you're wrong. Doyou know how many times a day I
walk around listening to people talk aboutthings and I'll just be like, oh

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mm hmm, Okay, I don'tagree with what they're saying, but I'm
not going to get into an argumentwith you, and I would like to
just move on with my day thanthe argument. It's so much easier,
and I just wish that a littlea few more people would do that,
if that's the best I can do. Though I don't know that I can
necessarily understand your position if you're completelythe opposite, right, I might not

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understand you, but I can Idon't have to fight with you, but
you can just move on. Yeah, And it's okay. I think to
be less thoughtful too, in thesense that it's okay not to care,
Like you may feel strongly about something, but if it doesn't affect me I
may not care