PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAre you really smart? Are you really dumb? Are you average? How did you come to your conclusion?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down15
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareAre you really smart? Are you really dumb? Are you average? How did you come to your conclusion?PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 year agoI don’t have grounds to reach any reasonable conclusion about my own capabilities, since I have access to different info about myself vs. about other people.
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoSounds like something a smart person would say.
minus-squarePetDinosaurs@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThat’s what they want you to think. If they come out and say “I am very smart” everyone will make fun of them. Eh. That probably means you’re right.
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s because I’m asking myself “what would Socrates answer?”, and answering like I think that he would. And Socrates was smart.
minus-squareTrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.riplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think Socrates would say “Why are you asking the question in the first place?”
I don’t have grounds to reach any reasonable conclusion about my own capabilities, since I have access to different info about myself vs. about other people.
Sounds like something a smart person would say.
That’s what they want you to think.
If they come out and say “I am very smart” everyone will make fun of them.
Eh. That probably means you’re right.
That’s because I’m asking myself “what would Socrates answer?”, and answering like I think that he would. And Socrates was smart.
I think Socrates would say “Why are you asking the question in the first place?”