How to behave smart people

All people have brains about the same size, and without any changes such as tremors or possession of alcohol, he works almost the same way. But the mind of different people is different: there is an almost infinite number of combinations of connections between different parts of the brain. The smarter the man, the more his connections in the "neural wiring". If there are any problems, the chances get crazy high. As they say, a fine line between genius and insanity.

They know that smart

A life in which they are faced with challenges - on pairs of mathematical analysis, in competitions in chess or literary competition - have to show them that they are really smart. Such people do not need special recognition and awards of their intellect - though it would be nice to others talked about their capabilities. In any case, they will not inquire of others about how good they are.

Smart man happy only when awarded his own praise, fool satisfied applause of others

Joseph Addison

They know what they do not know the

As for me, this is the main marker of what a person is really smart. The more he is able to perceive and evaluate the world, the better to assess and its limits. A man may well be uneven in talents: social awkwardness, the bear's ear come, with a prime number problem. The more books you read, the more you find that there is still have a whole library that you will never overcome them. All of this is comparable to how to look at the starry sky.

We often think and exceptions - people who are geniuses in several areas. For example, Neil Gaiman good in writing and directing, and the genius of basketball Michael Jordan has achieved considerable success in baseball.

On the other hand, successful people also extends Dunning-Kruger effect, when people who are not very educated and talented, are not able to realize their erroneous conclusions due to low intelligence.

Ignorance often engenders confidence than knowledge.

Charles Darwin

They do not need to declare their intelligence

A great need to talk about how they're smart. Meryl Streep is sometimes asked: "Have you seen my reward?". It was more than 40 years of her acting career, but she still knows the role that could never play. The role of the person who feels good at the awards ceremony.

They do not boast a vocabulary of

Yes, sometimes I feel like hvastnut obscure a word, but Princeton in 2012 and held a large-scale study found that the use of compound words often makes people think you're not as clever as you seem.

In one series of experiments, the researchers chose a thesis in sociology with more "sophisticated" and obscure words and created a simplified version, replacing them. Then asked 35 students at Stanford to read this work and to appreciate how clever the author. The results showed that the simplified version was perceived as less complex, and its author seemed smarter. No wonder that now stendaperov called new philosophers.

They do not avoid the views of

The favorite topic of any researcher - how does eye contact to work together. In one experiment took 182 pairs of people, and one partner was assigned the task to look smart and competent, and the other did not give any specific instructions. Then the pair discussing certain topics in five minutes and assessed intelligence partner. Intelligent thought those who better to keep eye contact! And this is indeed correlated to the IQ study participant. Do you want to impress a girl educated? Do not lose contact with the person.