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> Smart and stupid are not opposites. In fact, they happily co-exist in the same brain. Definitely. I've worked with people I refer to as "blithering geniuses"
by kabdib 11y ago
> Smart and stupid are not opposites. In fact, they happily co-exist in the same brain.
Definitely. I've worked with people I refer to as "blithering geniuses". Like the guy who could write memory managers for OSes and so forth, but who would not only miss his own exit on the freeway, but suggest that we do crazy shit like switch C++ compilers two weeks before shipping (there was some feature he wanted out of another vendor's toolchain . . . hoo boy).
It's worthwhile knowing what your blind spots are, and where you are stupid.
- Retra 11y agoI don't know why you think missing exits is in any way indicative of someone's intelligence. I've missed plenty of exits, and let me inform you of something: it's not a big deal. Like, at all. You know what stupid is? It's focusing on things that are not a big deal.
- npizzolato 11y agoIt's indicative of not paying attention to your surroundings, which, when you're piloting a 4000 lb hunk of metal, could be considered a stupid thing to do.
- hyperpape 11y agoYou're rationalizing. My wife misses exits constantly, but she does it safely--she's paying attention to the cars around her, but following a habitual route to some other place.
- beat 11y agoMany of the smartest people I know are constantly focusing on things that are not a big deal. Selective attention is a danger of high intelligence.
- d23 11y agoIt's kind of a key component of navigating oneself to a place.
- Retra 11y agoIt's never stopped me from getting anywhere, so that would suggest you're completely wrong about that.