Each 'n every person has his own way of interpreting information and supplying it back.
I'll take two people in my everyday life to put this forth as in an example:
- My ex-girlfriend.
System-wise -this being Belgium- she was in the highest ranked class at school.
She was among the very best of her class, having developed a neat reputation for her grotesque marks. I liked how she could listen to me and process that information; but here also lay her biggest sin: she couldn't speak. She couldn't tell me anything... She wanted to -believe me- but she simply couldn't get it over with. She truly was an angel who had lost her voice.- One of my old friends.
Again, comparing this system-wise, he wasn't a smart bloke at all. He didn't have the same intellectual skills as my ex; he couldn't process the information I gave him, but on the contrary, he COULD speak about a LOT of different things. He was fun to hang out with and at the end, was probably just as worthwile as my ex.
Thing is, some people simply can't post huge replies or express themselves well verbally (or in writings, as on these boards) but may certainly posses the right intelligence to do so. It's all a matter of practice, experience 'n power of will to do it.
What I do is: I try to understand both sides and find a consensus in-between them. I think -even now- I cannot be called smart at all. I don't know many important dates in history, I don't know a lot of details, I'm very easily distracted and don't quite have a large memory-span...
But what I do have is an understanding and so, the ability to process this information. And by using a bit of -may I even say- verbosity, I can hide away my errors (=lack of smartness) and instead, bring forth my perks (such as intelligence).
Yet let's not forget we're all students for life and the journey to knowledge never ends. Life only ends at death. In the meantime, we need to enjoy ourselves to the fullest.
And I enjoy myself by being amongst good folks as you chaps, hell, I mean: Taz, I like your cockjokes and I like the ways you make this community laugh :]
It doesn't matter if not every post has something of intellectual value in it; sometimes, we just have to hide that we haven't got lots of it, and just post away, be it random crap, be it essays of philosophy;
Being active is supporting a community, which in turn, support you.
And activity can be achieved regardless of intelligence or smartness! ;]
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