What if you're not that smart?

[Supafly345]

I have observed that there is a difference sometimes between sophistication, creativity, knowledge, culture, and brilliance. There are people who drink books deep, and offer well-developed points of view from literature. Some are deep into philosophy, and use the teachings of great minds long ago to properly discuss local debates. Some are able to manifest new points of view entirely; that change the entire course of a conversation, or end it. Many are just brilliant minds, that may not be well seasoned in study, but are superb at logistics- thinking out conflicts accurately and good at weighing the given facts to find an intelligent answer (these people tend to learn quickly).
Of course there are the self-crowned intellectual behemoths, who may be very smart, but aren't quite smart as they let on. They have mor intelligence than they probably should have, since they aren't mature enough to not make an ass of themselves trying to use it.

I make no assumptions on my own mind, but from my perspective, there are many great minds around here already, each in different ways. I think as long as we don't over step our intallectual limits, and tread on territory that be best left to others, we can apply ourselves fully to the proper argument. Just because someone doesn't know much about the spiritual, doesn't make them stupid. Just because a person never persued a college education, doesn't mean they aren't wise. And just because someone doesn't appreciate certain artforms, doesn't mean they aren't cultured.