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Headphoneus Supremus
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I just watched the movie Being There. It's about a borderline mentally dumb man who dresses proper and has proper manners. As a result, people think he's intelligent and sophisticated. While this movie is an exaggeration, I do believe there is truth to this psychology.
For example, I am not smart and failed high school and college numerous times. However, last week, I was wearing a proper button down shirt with proper leather shoes and spoke eloquently to this guy. During the conversation, he thought I was an engineer as he misinterpreted my non intelligent babbling.
My cousin is married to a highly respected business man who earns a lot of money. She's an idiot actually but she knows how to speak properly and dresses proper too in social settings. Many people think she's much smarter than she really is.
My point is that I do think that if you can dress proper, speak eloquently, maintain a reasonable healthy weight and you are in the right places, people in casual settings could actually think you are highly intelligent even if you are kind of slow in learning.
I'm not saying this is bad or good but I believe there can be some truth to the idea of that movie.
For example, I am not smart and failed high school and college numerous times. However, last week, I was wearing a proper button down shirt with proper leather shoes and spoke eloquently to this guy. During the conversation, he thought I was an engineer as he misinterpreted my non intelligent babbling.
My cousin is married to a highly respected business man who earns a lot of money. She's an idiot actually but she knows how to speak properly and dresses proper too in social settings. Many people think she's much smarter than she really is.
My point is that I do think that if you can dress proper, speak eloquently, maintain a reasonable healthy weight and you are in the right places, people in casual settings could actually think you are highly intelligent even if you are kind of slow in learning.
I'm not saying this is bad or good but I believe there can be some truth to the idea of that movie.