Will OremusOne of the dumbest things a smart person can do is to start thinking they’re smarter than everyone else.
Kirk Kittell@willoremus Smart people can be really stupid sometimes.
Young Gen X@kittell @willoremus I think the key is to know that no matter how "smart" or "dumb" all people have areas where they are "smarter" or "dumber". I am smart about generations. I am dumb about servers.
@Young_Gen_X That sounds exactly like one of the two scenarios I had in mind: thinking your smartness in one domain necessarily means smartness in other domains.
The other scenario I was thinking of: assuming that smartness in theoretical domains necessarily means smartness in practical applications. I love working with R&D folks b/c they have more brainpower than I could ever hope to have. But sometimes they resist the changes that have to occur to produce 1000x of their beautiful idea.