smartest person you know

Who is the smartest person you know, personally? And, why?

If it makes you feel more comfortable, leave their name out. Just give what relation they are to you, and statehow you have come to recognize their brilliance.

Smart means many things. I have friends who have the ability to do better than me in academic settings, but lack any sort of common sense.

Are we talking about being able to remember (knowledge), the ability to learn (intelligence), or just natural instinct (street smarts?)?

This guy named Robin. Ridiculiouslygood in terms of math, all the math teachers nick named him calculator.

depends on what you consider "smart"

I myself is one of the smartese people I know IQ wise :P And one of my ex girlfriends had a mother who was in Mensa (I was4 points short O.o)

I do not consider either of us smart tho, not really... I also know a man who is skizofrenic, I DO consider him smart, he had somewhat of a meltdown and ran to the lowlands, where he survived for a bit over 3 months, without any human contact or help. Considering that he had no formal training in wilderness survival but was capable of figuring out how to live of the land, altho he gew up in the city, I WOULD call him very smart.

My old staff Sergent was a very smart person aswell, he could decode alot about you just by looking and watching you for a while, he knew alot about human nature, and what drives us, being able to push the right buttens to make people respond like he wanted to, he was VERY people smart, ofcourse he was a soldier so it might detract points :s

Some kid name Jeff that has like all advance and AP Classes. He kinda lacks commonsense though... which I have is high.

Well, in terms of overally intelligence, I have a second cousin who I don't really know well, but he got a 34 on the ACT.

Of the people I know there was a kid named Zach who was really smart in every subject.

Also my old calc teacher, my progaming teacher, and my physics/chem teacher are really smart.

In math and science (and maybe history, geography, and political science) I am better than anyone else in my school, I would not assume this but I got the award for best at math and science last year at awards night.

Also, my little sister had an IQ of like 160 something, mine was like 150.

Some kid name Jeff that has like all advance and AP Classes. He kinda lacks commonsense though... which I have is high.

Gaming-Planet

adrien veidt. kudos for whoever gets where thats from. pygmahia5

You know him as Mr47fitter

my Bf Greg, I'm second

This kid in my neighborhood's really clever; he's the type who can solve Rubiks Cubes (the four rowed ones) in like 30 seconds, and nearly anything he sees he can emulate it or figure out the trick to it. Example, he watched a youtube vid of a guy playing a guitar (and slapping it to get different sounds of it), and the next day he could play that song...even though he doesn't know guitar at all....and this fortune tellin game using playing cards, it's a little complicated to learn the order and it took me maybe 4 or 5 times to get it...but when I showed him, he got it in one go.

I think he has sharingan or something...

School smarts? Probably my friend Grant, he doesn't study for anything, never does his work (copies) but has never gone below a 3.6 because he just understands the concepts of math and science instantly, and finds ways to "catch up" in history and english. For being wise? Probably my friend Justin, he is the most down to earth, kindest, sincere guy I've met.

From the time I was 16-26 I worked with an older (60 ish) man. He was always poorly dressed, drove a piece of crap car that broke down on him all the time, but was wildly interesting. He seemed to know everything, and had the patience to talk to me and others for hours on whatever subject we wanted. He would do the NY Times crossword puzzle on our break, and 90% of the time he'd finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. He just seemed so intelligent in so many areas. I always wondered why he worked at this telemarketing firm, and right before I left I asked him, and he said he wanted to still work, and got to meet many people. A few years later he died, at the funeral I learned he had several Doctorate degrees, and had retired from NASA. He was involved in many of the major moon missions, and was worth over a million dollars, though he always acted like he didn't have money for a coke. He was a great man, I had the honor to know.btaylor2404

Jerminitis you are the smartest person I know :)Avistann

Awwwww!

*Jerminitis sends a virtual hug to Avistann* :)

[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

Smart means many things. I have friends who have the ability to do better than me in academic settings, but lack any sort of common sense.

Are we talking about being able to remember (knowledge), the ability to learn (intelligence), or just natural instinct (street smarts?)?

iPost

correct, you are

From the time I was 16-26 I worked with an older (60 ish) man. He was always poorly dressed, drove a piece of crap car that broke down on him all the time, but was wildly interesting. He seemed to know everything, and had the patience to talk to me and others for hours on whatever subject we wanted. He would do the NY Times crossword puzzle on our break, and 90% of the time he'd finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. He just seemed so intelligent in so many areas. I always wondered why he worked at this telemarketing firm, and right before I left I asked him, and he said he wanted to still work, and got to meet many people. A few years later he died, at the funeral I learned he had several Doctorate degrees, and had retired from NASA. He was involved in many of the major moon missions, and was worth over a million dollars, though he always acted like he didn't have money for a coke. He was a great man, I had the honor to know.btaylor2404

This was one type of answer that i hoped for.

Btaylor, BTW, did you work for Axciom? *wink, wink*

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]From the time I was 16-26 I worked with an older (60 ish) man. He was always poorly dressed, drove a piece of crap car that broke down on him all the time, but was wildly interesting. He seemed to know everything, and had the patience to talk to me and others for hours on whatever subject we wanted. He would do the NY Times crossword puzzle on our break, and 90% of the time he'd finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. He just seemed so intelligent in so many areas. I always wondered why he worked at this telemarketing firm, and right before I left I asked him, and he said he wanted to still work, and got to meet many people. A few years later he died, at the funeral I learned he had several Doctorate degrees, and had retired from NASA. He was involved in many of the major moon missions, and was worth over a million dollars, though he always acted like he didn't have money for a coke. He was a great man, I had the honor to know.JERMINITIS

This was one type of answer that i hoped for.

Btaylor, BTW, did you work for Axciom? *wink, wink*

[QUOTE="JERMINITIS"]

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]From the time I was 16-26 I worked with an older (60 ish) man. He was always poorly dressed, drove a piece of crap car that broke down on him all the time, but was wildly interesting. He seemed to know everything, and had the patience to talk to me and others for hours on whatever subject we wanted. He would do the NY Times crossword puzzle on our break, and 90% of the time he'd finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. He just seemed so intelligent in so many areas. I always wondered why he worked at this telemarketing firm, and right before I left I asked him, and he said he wanted to still work, and got to meet many people. A few years later he died, at the funeral I learned he had several Doctorate degrees, and had retired from NASA. He was involved in many of the major moon missions, and was worth over a million dollars, though he always acted like he didn't have money for a coke. He was a great man, I had the honor to know.btaylor2404

This was one type of answer that i hoped for.

Btaylor, BTW, did you work for Axciom? *wink, wink*

Well, at least he (the older guy)offered something that might have been missed by many. Often, more times than not, the experiences of the older 'crew' can guide the choices of younger generations.

From the time I was 16-26 I worked with an older (60 ish) man. He was always poorly dressed, drove a piece of crap car that broke down on him all the time, but was wildly interesting. He seemed to know everything, and had the patience to talk to me and others for hours on whatever subject we wanted. He would do the NY Times crossword puzzle on our break, and 90% of the time he'd finish the whole thing in 10 minutes. He just seemed so intelligent in so many areas. I always wondered why he worked at this telemarketing firm, and right before I left I asked him, and he said he wanted to still work, and got to meet many people. A few years later he died, at the funeral I learned he had several Doctorate degrees, and had retired from NASA. He was involved in many of the major moon missions, and was worth over a million dollars, though he always acted like he didn't have money for a coke. He was a great man, I had the honor to know.btaylor2404

My professors. My Physics prof surprised me with his knowledge of poetry and the arts. He quotes poets and Shakespeare in cIass pretty often, along with his PhD in Theoretical Physics. "Theoretical" being the key word, because my Ceramic prof, who happens to live next door to him, told us he had to go over and help him change a light bulb one time. :lol:

My brother-in-law got a 4.0 for his Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering but he still hasn't finished his Master's out of laziness.

In book smarts my friend Thien, he just hovers above eevrybody with his #1 rank, but he's one of those people who is book smart, but not smart in a "worldly" way.

My friend Kabir and Omar are book smart and wise, maybe the wisest 17 year olds i've talked to.

That depends what you mean by 'smart.' Brilliance comes in many varieties.swatsickle

You choose. I left it open to give more options, rather than narrowing it down to book smarts, common sense, etc.

adrien veidt. kudos for whoever gets where thats from. pygmahia5

You really think it's that hard?

If we are talking academics, then its certainly my Half Brother. Always got the highest marks out of his entire school. I think in the 11th grade he pulled a 97-98% average. Actually managed to pull 100% in his Chemistry class as well and was the school valedictorian. Was also in the chess club as well.

There is this kid in class I grew up with that somehow manages to outscore me on everything despite never actually being in class. Makes me angry.Vandalvideo

Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

basically, you're gonna become part of the sith.

There's this 17-year-old girl at my school.

I'm a senior in college.

She's a junior.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]There is this kid in class I grew up with that somehow manages to outscore me on everything despite never actually being in class. Makes me angry.swazidoughman

Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

basically, you're gonna become part of the sith.

[QUOTE="Gaming-Planet"]

Some kid name Jeff that has like all advance and AP Classes. He kinda lacks commonsense though... which I have is high.

I reeeeeeeeally dont know. :| I honestly cant think of anyone...

@tktomo: I love your response. :P

Me. Honest.Neon-Tiger

Hey, honesty is the best policy