<p>I was thinking. If everybody did their homework and understood the reading, etc they would all be smart. So a person who does his work is smart. That means anyone can be smart. What you think? How do you define "smart" or "genius"?</p>
<p>intelligence is just the capacity to gain and apply knowledge, not how much one knows.</p>
<p>so a smart person would be able to grasp new information very quickly. thats about it.</p>
<p>I think it is a balance between being hardworking and naturally gifted...</p>
<p>I think smart is not only having knowledge but also having wisdom, the ability to apply knowledge to different situations, to solve problems, to create something new, to maintain relationships, to take care of oneself, to make responsible choices, it all requires intelligence. Facts are meaningless if they are not appplied somehow to our lives. Having knowledge is being knowledgeable. Having wisdom is being smart.</p>
<p>An intelligent person would be able to formulate a plan in almost any given situation.</p>
<p>Whether that be in the middle of a war zone, talking with a hot girl, or acing a test which everyone else failed.</p>
<p>Smart, to me:</p>
<p>Knowledgeable in regard to facts, trivia, common sense, and social cues.
Wise in the consistent and constant application of reason and conscience.
Passion, for knowledge and wisdom, beyond what is expected.</p>
<p>I consider one who is "smart" as someone who is capable of grasping concepts without difficulty.</p>
<p>Of course, this is all subjective. I wouldn't expect anyone to understand calculus on the first day of learning it.</p>
<p>As stated before, quick-witted, intelligent, articulate, and knowledgeable in one or more areas.</p>
<p>Ah, I once wrote an ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT dissertation on this subject, but, alas, it seems to have been lost since then.</p>
<p>In theory I'd say that intelligence is the varying capacity for acting upon given stimuli in light of a quantifiable goal, but in practice I think I'd just settle for an operational definition (ie that attribute measured by an "intelligence" test).</p>
<p>For the ostensive, I'd like to propose myself! :D ;P</p>
<p>I think a smart person is someone who is naturally gifted and/or hardworking towards their goals. </p>
<p>I consider smart people to be people who get things naturally and can apply concepts and understand them very easily.</p>
<p>But then I look at my father who is unreasonably smart, but he had to work his BUTT off to understand everything. Things do not come easily to him in the least, but he works really really hard and ends up understanding it better than people who get it naturally. That's why he's my hero. Things don't come naturally to me, so I have to work harder than a lot of people to understand things, so I still have hope. : D</p>
<p>I think "smart" people have not only the ability to grasp and understand concepts thoroughly, but also have the ability to apply the principles of a concept to some new idea. That is, they don't just absorb information and spit it back out, but are able to add their own insight to it
I like to think of it as an input-output machine: an adequate machine will take something and process it so that the output doesn't lose any structural integrity; an exceptional machine will take soemthing and ADD ON to it</p>
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Now, TRUST me, this is definitely not true. I know very, very, VERY many people who "do their homework" and at least think they "understand the reading," along with just, well, working hard. Lots of these people are just... not smart. Even if they finally understand the concept, that still doesn't make them "smart."
I suppose if the did that for their whole life, and actually retained all their knowledge, I guess we could call them smart.</p>
<p>Smart people are people that can understand concepts using less time than other people take to understand the smae concepts.</p>
<p>I don't bore myself with these arbitrary trite definitions. It's called using the dictionary that's far more comprehensive, accurate and inclusive than any/all of the definitions on here combined.
Ah well, that's intelligence.
This is smart:
[quote]
1. to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
2. to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application, a blow, etc.
3. to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound.
4. to suffer keenly from wounded feelings: She smarted under their criticism.
5. to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause a sharp pain to or in.
–adjective
7. quick or prompt in action, as persons.
8. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
9. shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others or as in business dealings: a smart businessman.
10. clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, rejoinder, etc.
11. dashingly or impressively neat or trim in appearance, as persons, dress, etc.
12. socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable: the smart crowd.
13. saucy; pert: smart remarks.
14. sharply brisk, vigorous, or active: to walk with smart steps.
15. sharply severe, as a blow, stroke, etc.
16. sharp or keen: a smart pain.
17. Informal. equipped with, using, or containing electronic control devices, as computer systems, microprocessors, or missiles: a smart phone; a smart copier.
18. Computers. intelligent (def. 4).
19. Older Use. considerable; fairly large.
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That is how I define smart.</p>
<p>(notice: epic fail for a reply I'm expecting to receive based on this failing to notice the...)</p>