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Originally Posted by RJ
I would agree on both counts. And IIRC, KC Dan is too.
There are lot of bright folks here, but smart is smart in different ways.
DanT is a wicked smart dude, of that I am fairly certain. But he doesn't brag on it.
cdcox is super smart and I guy i admire. Fugger is a professor who understands barbecue and football. Color me jealous.
Then there's guys who understand how shit works, how to build stuff, how to repair cars.....That's a whole other kind of smart.
Like I said, lots of smart mo-fos around here.
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Truthfully, I don't hold a candle to DanT in mathematical ability and I'm pretty sure that DaKCMan AP and ENDelt made it through engineering school easier than I did. A lot of what modest success I have achieved are just through taking an intense interest in a narrow area and work at it harder than most people are willing to. And as you mention there are certainly different kinds of intelligence. My verbal skills are just so-so, frankly because I just don't find literature that interesting. I agree with you that there are a bunch of diverse intelligent people on the board that makes this place interesting.