<p>In high school people did. They assume that I was not that smart because I'm a guy with long hair, tight pants, and pierced ears (which they think that means I do drugs or something of the sort)</p>
<p>Apparently people never really get that impression of me here at college. I'm a pretty intellectual guy, and I think a lot of people learn that pretty quickly here after I meet them.</p>
<p>Nope, roughly everyone I have met in my entire life have thought that I am smart except when it doesn't matter. (Like if you small talk in a shop or something like that)</p>
<p>If you are good at socializing, good at writing, good at arguing, good at reading people, good at math and good at physics you fit in well in most persons different views on what constitutes an intelligent person.</p>
<p>oh crap, better tell those humanities majors to brush up on their math and physics!</p>
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I didn't mean that most thinks that a person needs all of those to be intelligent, but all of those covers most persons views on what is needed to be intelligent. </p>
<p>Like person A might base his views on how well you can articulate yourself while person B might base his views on how well versed you are in the maths subject.</p>
<p>And you are right, haven't you seen that this board is quite stuffed with humanities majors who thinks that they do not get the credit from others which they deserve since people think that their major is easy? You can't change the world but you can change yourself, if they want to be perceived as smart by as many as possible they picked the wrong field.</p>
<p>intelligence in the traditional sense is detrimental.
i try to act like i don't care, when in reality i do if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>I think people are intelligent across all majors - there are dumb English majors, and brilliant ones as well. I don't judge the person's intelligence based on major, I pick up on it based on what they say in class, and usually based on convesations with them. i've met some people at parties who I initially think are kind of dumb based on how they act when drunk, but have later found out that they're pretty smart. I definitely don't assume someone is smart because they majored in Physics, I just assume that person is good at Physics. </p>
<p>I think the ability to logically reason and think abstractly has a lot to do with intelligence across all majors - but i'm biased, because I'm pre-Law, someone else might have a completely different definition. But I don't think it's any coincidence that the 3 majors which score highest on the LSAT (1/3 reading comp, 2/3 logical reasoning/logic puzzles) are 1. Math/Physics, 2. Philosphy, 3. Economics....actually i find Philosophy majors in general are pretty smart. maybe since my college has a strong philosophy program, but i'm sure it's like that everywhere.</p>
<p>i find philosophy majors in general are pretty pretentious..</p>
<p>^y'know, I expected they would be. I honestly imagined they would fall into the stereotypical pretentious liberal hipster image of an nyu student, but the ones i've met seem to be intelligent and down to earth.</p>
<p>are you bush?</p>