Who's the smartest person you know (that isn't yourself)?

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Sounds like I'm namedropping but I went to school with Gotye (Somebody that I used to Know), that dude is next level, seriously.

 

[Midnighter]

My wife is fucking brilliant. I scored 144 on an IQ test given to me by my psychiatrist & my neurologist as part of a study on adult ADD that I took part in back in 2015 so I'm a fairly intelligent guy by most standards. But, Jana blows me away. She's exceptionally bright & not only is she a medical savant but she has an eidetic memory as well.
She was a physical therapist specializing in sports medicine in her early 20's when she used to work for Dr. Bill Kessler, The OC Fight Doc in Irvine, CA & worked with a large part of the UFC, Strikeforce & Bellator roster all while she was still in school for her true calling which is working as a counselor for individuals with eating disorders. Which is what she does now. She's also a board-certified dietician.
I've always prided myself on my own intellect & education but they fall well short of my wife's.

Literally none of this is true.

I'm this dudes wife.

 

[Seiryoku Zenyo]

It's a common misconception that sciencey types are smart, they're actually sub-coal miner intellect.
You don't need to be smart to understand physics, it's just words, numbers, and concepts plus lots of diagrams and looking all smart with a pocket protector and glasses with a slide rule out the ass, saying glayving and such

That's not true. You really need to be intelligent to be a pure physicist. I mean, a dumb guy or a guy with a below average IQ win't do it, even if they try hard. I'm not saying they're gonna be "succesful" in other aspects of life, but they are in fact smart guys. Maybe if they tried another major they would be good at it. They've got the intelligence.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Hair is not blown back...

Now that is a lie lol. If what I just told you is true (it is), then I'd know far more about the nature of reality and the origin of the cosmos than anyone else in the world. I mean I can literally predict future events sometimes even years before they happen. Can you imagine if scientists came upon that kind of evidence? It would be massive. I am what psychologists may refer to as "super sane", i.e. someone so sane/bright that they appear insane (perhaps even just stupid) to the rest of the world.

In general, I just have a very broad level of perception that is pretty unprecedented when you consider just how sharp I am across so many different subjects. You can ask me an opinion about almost ANYTHING, and 98% of the time I'll be right on the money (although tragically in many cases, people won't know whether I'm right or not, since again, I know the truth behind many things that I can't actually "prove.")

Someone brings up religion? I'll say that yes, something exists beyond our universe, but it is not a "God" or a literal divine being. All religion (and all supernatural beliefs period) are just superstition. Someone brings up neurology? I have a long list of insights about the human brain that are all 100% true. Etc., etc. I understand the world inside out better than probably anyone...

 

[Lawless People]

I dont consider any humans including myself all that smart. .

That is the dumbest thing I have read in a month and I post in the WR FFS

 

[sweetviolenturg]

her breasts are impressive as well.

They are, indeed, good sir.

is that 144 iq before or after your boxing career?

After, actually. I took part in the study in 2015.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

I'll give you one big thing: I know that our entire universe is predetermined, and that there are numerical patterns you can decipher to predict the future. I also know that the universe all revolves around me in some strange way. I can even come very close to proving this! Imagine how different we would all look at the world if that were the case

How often have you experienced this solipsism syndrome?

 

[Beechwood]

Some members of my family are quite intelligent.

Sadly I didn't get the smart genes.

 

[Damien Karras]

I work at a top medical research center and assist in science approval reviews before it gets passed on to ethics review. I listen to a lot of smart doctors nitpick science protocols and make recommendations. Doesn’t sound like much but the level of scrutiny that goes into it is pretty impressive, not to mention the studies themselves are often very complex. Being in a room full of medical specialists (neurologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, hématologistes, cardiologists etc) is very intimidating. I’m one of the least educated people where I work and I am finishing an M.Sc.

Still, the smartest person I know is one of my best friends I grew up with. The guy has a PhD in computational material sciences at MIT. He was offered to take over the lab and become a professor at the top university for lithium ion battery research. The guy won thé governor general’s medal (given to the student with the highest average) every year in high school (and he went to one of the province’s top private school). In Quebec, you have to complete two years of cégep (a type of pré-uni college) before going to uni but he was given a free pass straight to uni. That meant he needed to learn Cal 1, Cal 2 and linear algebra during the summer for his undergrad in physics. The dude completed those 3 courses in just two months finishing with a 100% average

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

That's not true. You really need to be intelligent to be a pure physicist. I mean, a dumb guy or a guy with a below average IQ win't do it, even if they try hard. I'm not saying they're gonna be "succesful" in other aspects of life, but they are in fact smart guys. Maybe if they tried another major they would be good at it. They've got the intelligence.

Holy fucking Christ, I really thought I'd laid on the sarcasm thick enough for people to realize that post was a joke but I guess not

 

[Cole train]

They are, indeed, good sir.

After, actually. I took part in the study in 2015.

so you potentially had einstein level of intellect and could have cured cancer or something but since you chose the career of a boxer ,the humanity is doomed

 

[therealdope]

I went to school with the guy that invented robotic stereo vision in the 1990’s. This gave the robot depth perception and it could navigate a room without a preprogrammed path.

At Caltech? The guy who developed these?

I did ugrad with him.

 

[Deleted member 409801]

There are basically two types of "smart". Most people refer to it as "book smart" versus "street smart".

You can have a high level ability to retain information, but that doesn't mean you're able to apply your "book smarts" to practical situations. You can know everything possible to know in your field of study, but be absolutely useless in using creative ways to apply your knowledge.

Or, you can be terrible at retaining information but have the ability to adapt and creatively solve complex problems.

I know a guy who is a veritable encyclopedia on cooking. He can tell you how to cook just about anything, and can even break down the science of specific techniques. He writes for a local pretentious food magazine, reviewing restaurants and writing columns on how to best cook specific food items. It's hard to explain it, because, well, I can't retain the information. Just know that he's brilliant when it comes to the knowledge of cooking.

But the guy has only ever worked in one restaurant for a week. He can't handle the pressures of working in a restaurant. He's an unbelievably incredible home cook, but he will mutilate a fucking cheeseburger if it's for a customer. He can't multitask, so any more than one ticket in the window fucks him up. It's embarrassing, and completely amateur the way he fails spectacularly in that environment.

He knows everything you can know about cooking, but put him in a high pressure environment that also needs the ability to problem solve and multitask, and he's useless.

If Gordon Ramsay and Rain man had a child.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

Literally none of this is true.

I'm this dudes wife.

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[sweetviolenturg]

so you potentially had einstein level of intellect and could have cured cancer or something but since you chose the career of a boxer ,the humanity is doomed

LOL. Hardly Einstein level, my friend. Just Bobby Czyz-level "White, bright & polite".

 

[Iroh]

Now that is a lie lol. If what I just told you is true (it is), then I'd know far more about the nature of reality and the origin of the cosmos than anyone else in the world. I mean I can literally predict future events sometimes even years before they happen. Can you imagine if scientists came upon that kind of evidence? It would be massive. I am what psychologists may refer to as "super sane", i.e. someone so sane/bright that they appear insane (perhaps even just stupid) to the rest of the world.

In general, I just have a very broad level of perception that is pretty unprecedented when you consider just how sharp I am across so many different subjects. You can ask me an opinion about almost ANYTHING, and 98% of the time I'll be right on the money (although tragically in many cases, people won't know whether I'm right or not, since again, I know the truth behind many things that I can't actually "prove.")

Someone brings up religion? I'll say that yes, something exists beyond our universe, but it is not a "God" or a literal divine being. All religion (and all supernatural beliefs period) are just superstition. Someone brings up neurology? I have a long list of insights about the human brain that are all 100% true. Etc., etc. I understand the world inside out better than probably anyone...

I have a question for you...


...why did you get dubs?

 

[Iroh]

I'm surrounded by physicists, so it's a pick em.

None of them really stands out as much smarter than the others? Or maybe a few that stand out.

 

[Loiosh]

I work in medicine, I know for a fact that just because a doctor can make an argument about anything and everything last for 20 minutes, when it comes to doing anything practical, they're fucking useless.

My father's a doctor and he renovated his house with his own two hands, foundation to roof, but he's a superhuman freak that can do anything. He's probably the smartest person I know.

As for the general population of doctors, the work and study required to excel as one doesn't really leave much time to learn much else to excellence.

Would you want the best doctor possible, or would you want a mediocre doctor who can field strip a deer?

Actually you know what, it would probably take a doctor three minutes to learn how to do that. Bad example.

 

[Pugilistic]

Most people in my life. I'm a dumb fuck.

 

[rj144]

My father's a doctor and he renovated his house with his own two hounds, foundation to roof, but he's a superhuman freak that can do anything. He's probably the smartest person I know.

As for the general population of doctors, the work and study required to excel as one doesn't really leave much time to learn much else to excellence.

Would you want the best doctor possible, or would you want a mediocre doctor who can field strip a deer?

Actually you know what, it would probably take a doctor three minutes to learn how to do that. Bad example.

Why did he use two hounds to renovate a house? Were they hammer hounds?