I find that most people have around the same amount of smarts to spread around. Some people hyper focus it in a specific area, others spread it around. There are obviously outliers, but when I find someone who seems to be notably dense about a topic, I usually ask myself “where are they focusing their attention?”
I had a right leaning friend who thought it was serious. He was working on his PhD and was extremely smart. It was shocking.
INT vs WIS, for the nerds.
People who are smart in one way are usually not smart in every way.
I’ve seen students at one of the world’s most prestigious universities stop in the middle of crossing the busy road to tie their shoelaces.
Min maxxing
I take all of my points from wisdom, and place them into intelligence!
Now, to challenge myself to build the world’s most polluting machine.
I find that most people have around the same amount of smarts to spread around. Some people hyper focus it in a specific area, others spread it around. There are obviously outliers, but when I find someone who seems to be notably dense about a topic, I usually ask myself “where are they focusing their attention?”
For a lot of people, the answer is unfortunately survival.