2007-08-29 06:20:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm a scientist, and I would gladly trade everything I know, for everything that I don't know.
2007-08-29 06:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In general, yes, I would agree. I think that when someone has an extremely high IQ, they tend to be more curious, and that naturally leads you in the direction of careers with a scientific basis. Of course, there are always some not-smartest people who make it, and there are some of the smartest people in the world who aren't scientists.
2016-05-21 00:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They certainly think so.
But as someone who works with academics all day long, I have come to the conclusion that the human mind can only hold so much information. If you pack it too full of book learning, common sense goes right out the window.
Can you be the smartest person in the world if you are completely out of touch with reality?
2007-08-29 06:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jadis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may be the smartest people in their fields, but I don't believe they are the smartest in the world.
Jadis: I hear you! I have worked on college campuses for years. Seems the higher the degree, the less the capacity for common sense.
2007-08-29 06:46:54 · answer #4 · answered by slykitty62 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And many would have studies showing the Moon was made of cheese, if the government was handing out grants looking for such studies.
Scientists, like other people, are equally driven by pocketbook considerations. And then the grant $$ is looking for supporting evidence of man-made global warming, guess what happens?
2007-08-29 06:38:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are among the smartest, but there are also engineers and mathematicians who are scary intelligent. I don't think we can award that title to just one category of study.
2007-08-29 06:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily true. Scientists are just the ones that were interested in science.
2007-08-29 06:26:39 · answer #7 · answered by P.I. Staker 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
in their field, probably. There are many other lines of work that require a lot of studying and intelligence, and unless you've done some sort of poll to prove your point, I can't agree with you wholeheartedly.
2007-08-29 06:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by Lily Iris 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Guess you don't know any scientists.....
Half of my cousins (OK only four) are in academia...MIT, Harvard, UC Berkley, Scripps etc etc...the last thing I want is to be told how to live my life by someone fourty years old and still can't get laid.
2007-08-29 06:30:13 · answer #9 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Not necessarily.
2007-08-29 06:34:20 · answer #10 · answered by gone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋