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> I would say it's not necessarily bad to compliment smart people for being smart. Why? Why to do you think this? Could you provide your sources. Here's a sour

• chrisco255 7y ago
  Not on something completely subjective like this, no I'm not going to provide sources. It's my personal opinion from my own personal experience. And no, the existence of an alternative point-of-view in a blog post does not invalidate my personal experience. If you excel in any other trait, people will acknowledge it and praise you for it, especially visual traits. Beauty, height, strength, speed, endurance, etc. Intelligence, by contrast, is rarely acknowledged. It's not as easily discerned. Confidence is an important part of achieving your best potential. Learning to accept compliments with grace is an important skill for life. Giving yourself such compliments is even more important. Obviously smart people need to understand that their intelligence does not protect them from being wrong or delusional or failure. That's an important part of growing up and maturing for any human though.