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>incredibly intelligent people who were leaps and bounds more insightful than 99.9999999% of people I’ve ever met ... The common trait for all of them was a des
by rramadass 4y ago
>incredibly intelligent people who were leaps and bounds more insightful than 99.9999999% of people I’ve ever met ... The common trait for all of them was a desire for deep understanding and diligence in acquiring that in all aspects of their lives, not productivity or even the appearance of it.
100% This.
- deltasevennine 4y agoThis doesn't mesh with the intelligent people I've met. Not all of them are on a quest for deep understanding of everything. It's more that they happen to have deep understanding because of high intelligence, not because of a strong desire to understand.