The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132984 Message #3025372
Posted By: Little Hawk
06-Nov-10 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Help stop Sarah Palin's 'Nature Show'
Subject: RE: BS: Help stop Sarah Palin's 'Nature Show'
Yeah, but...Intelligence isn't the only key to getting somewhere in life. You also have to learn to be kind to other people, generous, respectful, appreciative, and so on...
I had an uncle who was brilliantly intelligent, but he had none of those other fine qualities. This made his intelligence almost useless when it came to real life, which is mostly about how you relate to other people.
As for smugness, that's a little hard to figure for sure unless you can see the other person's facial expressions and hear their tone of voice. They might be being smug...or they might be using irony...or they might be joshing... or they might be expressing personal ideals that they value...or they might be doing a variety of other things. The mere fact that they don't see something your way doesn't necessarily mean they're smug. The printed word by itself lacks a great deal in providing a totally clear means of communication.
Just philosophizing about life generally, Jack. Don't take it personally. I'm not being smug. ;-)