• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

How Intelligent are We?

Agree.

My motto was-

If I don't know the answer, I'll find out who does, or at least who should.

Sometimes the success of a project would depend on that person actually learning what the answer was in order for our respective areas to move forward cooperatively.


Far too many people just answered as if they did, only giving part of the answer, or sometimes even just saying basically "not me, good luck".
 
Dibbons said:
Reminds me of taking a community college "social geography" class where the teacher was so disappointed on the scores of the first exam that he decided to grade it on the "curve". He even posted the range of scores on the blackboard. I'm a good test taker and found I had the highest score in the class. The kid next to me asked what my score was. I was hesitant to show him, but what the hell, I did. He gave me kind of a dirty look and did not speak to me the rest of the semester, making me feel somewhat of an outcast after that.
Click to expand...
I learned a long time ago to not share test scores (that usually wasn't a problem for me since my scores were usually low lol) or paycheck 'scores'.

moparedtn said:
Last thing anyone would accept is an intelligent redneck:)
Click to expand...
Oxymoron.....but I do know a few intelligent rednecks. Recently broke off a 25 year friendship with one because he was so damn smart he forgot how to actually be a friend....not that he knew much about that in the first place.

barbee6043 said:
I have made millions in my life> How? You ask. Answer is easy for us super smart types. Just " buy em for that they are worth, and sell them for what they think they are worth"!!
Click to expand...
Just don't take a women to try and do that. Didn't know that until she went with me to look at a 67 Belvedere Convertible that I thought was too high for the condition but she thought it was a steal.
 
"Open mindedness", something that is sorely lacking in our society.
 
Cranky said:
I learned a long time ago to not share test scores (that usually wasn't a problem for me since my scores were usually low lol) or paycheck 'scores'.
Click to expand...
Dude, I was like 10....besides, teachers had a habit of posting the score sheets on such on the bulletin board.
As I recall, others were telling me about my score before I even saw for myself....

Oxymoron.....but I do know a few intelligent rednecks.
Click to expand...
There's plenty of them - but since you're using that descriptor, I will say the ones I refer to typically fall under
the "horse sense" category.
In fact, I'd hazard a theory that there's more common sense out here in flyover country (much lesser population,
mind you) than can be found in most of our large urban areas.
 
66Satellite47 said:
My story is that I graduated from a nationally regarded engineering college with bachelor's degree. I went to work and fortunately knew that I didn't know ****. I had the luck of working with one guy in Operations that wasn't an engineer, but taught me more about the engineering stuff I needed to know than I learned in 5 years engineering school. He had been a Navy electronic tech, Soviet sub hunter. I learned the importance of listening to the working guys that built stuff. As a manager I was lucky enough to supervise some amazingly smart guys in their areas. Machinists, electricians, pipefitters. I also had some engineers that were really great, but didn't act like they knew everything. I had one IT engineer that knew more than the entire corporate IT dept combined and I tried to take advantage of that. I was lucky & knew what I didn't know and who did. Knowing who really knows stuff is the key.
All the while I used my car mechanic experiences to guide me.
Click to expand...
Yep - I had a PE I worked under very young in life that told me one golden bit of wisdom when I began
studying for the CIT exam (and was amazed at the number of reference books and Code manuals involved):
"You don't need to know everything before the test, Ed - you just need to know where to find it - FAST."
(The test is timed)
Wise words indeed - and I added a slight deviation to that advice later on as well:
"You don't need to know everything about what you're working on - just know someone who does!"
Hellllllllo dere FBBO. :)
 
Dipstick said:
"Open mindedness", something that is sorely lacking in our society.
Click to expand...
Oh, there's plenty of that - which explains a lot of our worlds' current situation actually.

People sometimes confuse "open-mindedness" for "gullible as hell" a lot - they believe whatever their
"trusted sources" inform them of, without so much as a casual effort at verifying said information.
Descriptors such as "useful idiots" and "sheeple" riddle human history with such types.
 
moparedtn said:
Yep - I had a PE I worked under very young in life that told me one golden bit of wisdom when I began
studying for the CIT exam (and was amazed at the number of reference books and Code manuals involved):
"You don't need to know everything before the test, Ed - you just need to know where to find it - FAST."
(The test is timed)
Wise words indeed - and I added a slight deviation to that advice later on as well:
"You don't need to know everything about what you're working on - just know someone who does!"
Hellllllllo dere FBBO. :)
Click to expand...

Truer words never spoken.
You don't need to know all the answers, just where to find them, or who knows them. The trick is knowing/figuring out the truth from the BS.
 
upload_2022-4-6_16-57-41.jpeg
Hey, hey, hey, Boo-boo ! I'm smarter than the average bear.
 
A bit off the rails; but when mentioning obtaining information…in my work I had to access regulations such as engineering, osha and other standards. I’d get requests from clients saying “Tell me what’s legal or not” or “Can we do this”? Over the decades I got pretty adept to answer; but there were times when I wanted to double check to be sure what I was saying was all good. The most frustrating occasions were with the osha reg’s contacting osha locally or in DC could elevate the blood pressure as it became evident I knew more than they did too often. And they’d never commit to saying “Yes what you’re looking to do is compliant”. As such, the onus was on me to assure my clients one way or the other.

Let me give one for instance regarding power strips where the local osha office had me contact some ‘expert’ in DC. Those strips have become common as dirt in businesses and homes with all the electronics notably computers, chargers, etc. all over, mounted or lying about behind desks and benches in a tangled mess…no doubt no mystery. Well da expert tells me in no uncertain terms those cannot be ‘mounted’. So I reply “What you say it’s ok to leave them lay about loose such as on the floors behind desks and benches?” Affirmative he says. I reply “But if you look at the backside of many power strips they have slip-holes for mounting them such as on a wall or somewhere suitable for mounting, ya know using screws.” He was getting pissy about the pushback saying “Look, it’s a violation if you mount them.” Lol, I told the client mount the damn things in a safe manner like I’ve done in my garage! I gathered the semantics here had to do with extension cords vs power strips…not apples to apples and most of the standards are so old they don’t discuss power strips. There’s been more info brought out on these since this fiasco I’ve cited occurred and ahh...mounting them is fine.
 
66Satellite47 said:
My story is that I graduated from a nationally regarded engineering college with bachelor's degree. I went to work and fortunately knew that I didn't know ****. I had the luck of working with one guy in Operations that wasn't an engineer, but taught me more about the engineering stuff I needed to know than I learned in 5 years engineering school. He had been a Navy electronic tech, Soviet sub hunter. I learned the importance of listening to the working guys that built stuff. As a manager I was lucky enough to supervise some amazingly smart guys in their areas. Machinists, electricians, pipefitters. I also had some engineers that were really great, but didn't act like they knew everything. I had one IT engineer that knew more than the entire corporate IT dept combined and I tried to take advantage of that. I was lucky & knew what I didn't know and who did. Knowing who really knows stuff is the key.
All the while I used my car mechanic experiences to guide me.
Click to expand...
You speak the truth. One of the most closely guarded secrets in the halls of the successful. I was told this very early on in my beginning insurance training days - “You don’t need to know everything - you just need to know where or from whom you can acquire what you need to know”. You see in my very early training days I thought I needed to know everything in these massive commercial insurance manuals - and yes I mean multiples of massive. Thank God someone gave me that little tidbit of priceless knowledge which I carried with me throughout my career and it served me well - and I passed it along a thousand times or more.
 
Dibbons said:
Click to expand...

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
— ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Being smart is relative. There are those here
that have gained a world of knowledge when
it comes to the intricacies of classic Mopars.
But, how much do they know about
microbiology ?
Ask a microbiologist to design a tube chassis.
True intelligence lies where your passions
are, and how much energy and time are
spent in their persuit, along with the ability
to retain knowledge gained.
 
Last edited:
Now if we're talking collective intelligence of the species, race, society, or other group.......

I'm out.

out.jpg
 
Last edited:
another phrase that stuck with me is 'seek to understand before being understood'.
 
There's smart people and then there's cunning people.
There's a difference.
I really don't know what "smart" is.
But I've seen smart people do dumb things.
In this world, maybe wisdom is more valuable than intelligence.
 
My school grades were not that good. I usually would come home from school and work on the car.
Perseverance was the only way I got my BS degree. Took about 6-years.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

cr8crshr
We are getting HAMMERED!!!
2 3
Replies
46
Views
2K
kiwigtx
kiwigtx
alsant
FBBO stickers
Replies
2
Views
310
GetX'd
GetX'd
SteveSS
We bought another Grand Am.
2
Replies
28
Views
1K
SteveSS
SteveSS
J
Are we allowed to list a car?
Replies
6
Views
671
DeltaV
DeltaV
C
How to delete message??
Replies
9
Views
620
Mopar Hunter
Mopar Hunter
Auto Transport Service
Back
Top