So when Reddit useru/Occyzasked: “Whats a subtle sign that someone is very intelligent?”
a lot of people had thoughts on the matter.
Here’s what they said below.
“How often they’re confident in saying ‘I don’t know.'”
“They’re very good at problem-solving.
u/ElegantFable
“I’ll add to this by saying they know when they don’t know.
The know-it-all pretenders will just continue slamming that square peg into a round hole until it fits.
u/illogictc
3.
“Understanding and appreciating nuance.”
u/frygod
“This is why I hate those assholes who get offended at this.
How else am I supposed to learn??”
u/rockthrowing
5.
“They can adapt their communication style vocabulary, tone, content, etc.
to fit the situation and people theyre talking to, and it seems completely natural.”
u/G-T-R-F-R-E-A-K-1-7
7.
“My freshman college roommate was a mechanical engineer.
One of the first nights we were in the dorms, we had pizza delivered.
We didn’t eat it all, but the pizza box didn’t fit inside the dorm fridge.
I’m pretty good at math, but not necessarily geometry.
My mind was blown.
His ability to ‘just do it’ is dumbfounding to me.
u/SylasDevale
9.
There’s also this saying: ‘Only a fool talks in absolute.’
If you compare sentences so known unintelligent people, they lack these conditions and voices absolutes only.”
u/Crystalline-Luck
10.
“They ask really good questions and listen more than they talk.”
u/WhimsyWhisperr_
12.
“They feel challenged rather than threatened by new things, problems, ideas.”
13.And finally, “They don’t continually need to tell people how intelligent they are.”
u/cruiserman_80
Some entries may have been edited for length/clarity.
