Smart People Dumbness

Comments discuss how smart individuals can act foolishly, overestimate their intelligence, or contrast individual smarts with collective stupidity, often referencing the idea that 'a person is smart, people are dumb.'

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Sample Comments

mbreese Mar 26, 2010 View on HN

A person is smart. People are dumb.

father_of_two Apr 21, 2015 View on HN

Ask not why some people are so smart, ask why so many are dumb. :)

luikore Jul 1, 2014 View on HN

The curse of smart people: they look smart but not really smart to realise that they are not smart enough.

badger7 May 15, 2009 View on HN

"The people here are smart"The people here believe they are smart. Some are correct, others are not.

tpush Jul 6, 2024 View on HN

Or the people fancying themselves as smart aren't actually all that.

nilslindemann Feb 17, 2023 View on HN

> People think they are smart

abiox Jun 30, 2018 View on HN

perhaps we're just not as smart as you. although for someone so smart, it's odd you can't reason about why people would make such statements.

breakingcups Jul 24, 2018 View on HN

Concluding someone is smart doesn't always equal admiring them.

JoeAltmaier Apr 22, 2023 View on HN

It was 'smarter' than many people I know. Are they not thinking either?

dboreham Jan 18, 2018 View on HN

Perhaps "people who thought they were smart"?