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Originally Posted by crosstobear
Thanks for the compliment, I'm glad my post helped you make sense of things. Its just my opinion, however, and I'm about average in terms of intelligence and chock full of my own biases.
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From what I have observed thus far, I would say that you're far above average intelligence for the simple fact that you're capable of critical thinking and formulating new ideas.
The way I see it is that reading a bunch of books and retaining their information alone doesn't make somebody intelligent. What makes somebody truly intelligent is having the ability to think outside the box, having the ability to always question what one knows, and having the desire to want to grow and improve.
Anybody who relies solely on books and formal education to become more intelligent without having the traits that I listed above is destined to be doomed to becoming little more than another sheep in society and to not know what to do when faced with a real world situation that requires them to think on their feet.
What I find the most intriguing is the simple fact that society paints narcissists to be these closed-minded people who are full of themselves and are incapable of being self aware, yet some of the most though-provoking and interesting posts that I have seen on PC thus far have come from the NPD forum.
Anyways, I'm rambling at this point haha. I really need to get off and do some work but I'll be back later