Do people often misunderestimate your level of intelligence?

Namurt
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:53:46 +0000

Why do you want to be perceived as intelligent? All my time in high school I’ve been trying to avoid that.


It doesn’t get you laid.
It makes everyone bother you with homework questions. (this is a big one I hate)
It’s hard to have a debate with people when they’re convinced you’re way smarter than they are.
It sets expectations for you: essentially you are forced to constantly keep demonstrating your intelligence or it will be assumed you lost it.
It makes people envious. Do you really want people to always brag about that one quiz they beat you on?