Do you ever hide your intelligence and knowledge from others?

Answer 1

i don't really hide my intelligence and knowledge.
firstly hiding it is an active process.
if i wanted to ,i would just preffer not to reveal it.
i would just be my normal self and not to pretend to be something i'm not.
God bless,
gabe

Answer 2

For the sake of making a stab at humility I would prefer to call it my effort at seeming humble. Life isn't Y/A, we need to get along with others and socialize. It's either that or become a hermit, so whatever I call it, yes I do have to hide it regularly.

In seventh grade Lao Tsu taught me that it is lonely at the top and I feathered my own nest at that time and have been sleeping in it ever since. Some nights I don't sleep, or should I say didn't since I have been sleeping very well for years now.
In my search for the next major step, a friend introduced me to the Abraham-Hicks material and it's been a hay ride ever since. Loads of fun !

Answer 3

I gain self knowledge by my own interpretations of my own observations of life, dismissing nothing, as all information and every experience has something to be gained through my own interpretation of it. I have self knowledge and that is the only knowledge I posses and can't express because its a means to an understanding, and with that knowledge I am complacent in life without the need to question for answers, content with my own interpretations of the shared knowledge from others, relating to their perceptions and experiences and reactions, wishing I had something to give in return aside from that which is left to their own interpretation.

Answer 4

Yes, I stupidly, once intentionally left some answers blank on a test. I did this because my friend never made A's and she was so crazy about me be a brainiac. So, I got the genius idea to make a lower grade.
Professor did not believe I did not know the answers and called me on it.
Pretty dumb.

Answer 5

Yes, I especially did it when I was in school - so I'd fit in. I never wanted to be different than anyone else. I think I still do it - if someone in a position superior to me doesn't seem to understand something, I won't necessarily volunteer that I do understand. I might say, very tentatively, "Do you think this is what it might mean?" I'm too old to be doing stuff like this!

Answer 6

In public I've learned to be far more reserved about what I reveal about myself. You'd be surprised at the types of prejudices and insecurities people have, better to keep the conversations simple until you get a chance to feel out your audience.

Answer 7

No i don't but you know since you ask that question...I might as well through this to you...... I never hide any of my intelligent in fect i use them untill someone even tell me to piss off...because it was to early for him learn a new philosophy.

Answer 8

It definitely depends on who I am with. There are some people whose vocabularies are not as varied as mine is, so I dumb things down somewhat so they understand what I am saying. But, I really enjoy having conversations with people who are on a par with me when it comes to ideas, vocabulary, and understanding where we are each coming from while conversing. This is not to say that people with less varied vocabularies are stupid. That is far from the case in many instances. It is just that they are simple in speech.

Answer 9

I do some times just to prove a point. It is necessary to play dumb to use the Socratic method of cross examination. you keep you questions, and examples simple. it makes it easier to show that someone does not know what they are talking about. I don't know much either when it comes to philosophical questions. I find it handy to show people that so much about philosophy is subjective. one of my favorite things to do is defend Christianity to real atheist. I am no believer, but it seems easy enough to do.

Answer 10

In a business sense yes.....it can give me a competitive edge , but as far as relationships are concerned I am an open book .
Havn't you noticed ?