I've been contemplating intelligence quite a lot lately. I spent the weekend at a debate tournament and I was surrounded by people who are amazingly intelligent. The kind of people who sit around and read Nietzsche or Foucault just for the kicks. And I noticed that the people who are that intelligent are never boastful about it, in fact, it is those who cannot keep up with them that claim to know everything.
I've spent a lot of time contemplating this phenomenon and I still am unable to understand how it evolves. But, while trying to spell it out, I was thinking about English and Dr. Ballenger. He talks often about his intelligence and I am beginning to feel that he is incredibly intelligent. But, he is very quiet about it. Further, I think he has a very unique intelligence. The kind that is quiet and contemplative but culminates in a creative, concise answer.
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