sovietchild
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Do you see any truth in this statement, "If you think you smart you are an ignorant idiot."? Please.
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If you think you smart you are an ignorant idiot
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Intelligent people usually do acknowledge that they have much to learn. Sometimes that act is an acknowledgment of not being "smart." People who think they are smart may fall into the Dunning-Kruger effect. In essence, they overestimate their own ability.
So I guess so?
So I guess so?
psychoslice
Veteran Member
But then if you think your stupid then you are worse of lol.
Generally speaking, the more you know, the less certain you are of what you know, and the less you know you know.
I think it's false humility to put yourself down (except perhaps for humorous reasons). I prefer the ancient Greek view that true humility comes from claiming your due, no more, and no less than your due. And that claiming more is arrogance, and claiming less is false humility.
I think it's false humility to put yourself down (except perhaps for humorous reasons). I prefer the ancient Greek view that true humility comes from claiming your due, no more, and no less than your due. And that claiming more is arrogance, and claiming less is false humility.
I think its similar to the 'log and speck' saying of Jesus.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7:3-5
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7:3-5
No, the way it's phrased comes across as petty and churlish.
Satans_Serrated_Edge
Deicidal
LOL at all this phony humility. I know I'm smart 
I think we should distinguish between native intelligence (i.e. "smart"), and amount of education. A person can be quite smart and also ignorant, due to a lack of educational opportunities.
Everyone -- no matter how smart they are -- makes stupid mistakes from time to time. That's just human nature.
You are parrsurrey aren't you.
Ignorance is not a marker of stupidity. It's simply acknowledgement of where one's knowledge ends.
No, you should think you are smart. You should believe you are smart enough to learn, smart enough to take care of yourself. If you are telling others how smart you are then you maybe less smart than you think.
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
~ Samuel Johnson
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siti
Well-Known Member
There's an old rhyme variously attributed to ancient Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese etc. origins:
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool; avoid him.
He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student; teach him.
He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him.
He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him.
He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student; teach him.
He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him.
He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him.
But isn't it also true that a wise person is always a student...so maybe being 'smart' is more about knowing how little you know than knowing how much you know...
...so I reckon (duly noting the OPs attribution*) the author of the 'proverb' in the OP was merely using a kind of reverse psychology to persuade others of his own smartness - smart move!?
*"If you think you smart you are an ignorant idiot." - Prophet Muhammad
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
No. If someone is smart, I commend their effort and determination to attain knowledge and do as they do based on their knoweldge. That sounds like a "inherited sin" statement. I never believed that.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
LOL at all this phony humility. I know I'm smart
And I challenge anyone on RF to say they're smarter than I.
I like to learn, and I can learn. I think I have good powers of observation and analysis (I'm a computer analyst, after all), but on the whole, in reality, I think I'm pretty stupid.
The Kilted Heathen
Crow FreyjasmaðR
It sounds like a ploy at crowd control, to me. If you are smart, you are smart. Whether you know yourself to be or not.
It's like the scientist who developed the theory of mistakes neurologically, backed up his claims empirically only to discover his theory fell prey to his own theory. The evidence was shown to be bogus.