#ilfe

Okay, Fantasy and Dystopia Writers hate this, but Language doesn't change the Way you feel or think, mostly the Way you understand. As an Example, the English Words "Fernweh" and "Schadenfreude", are German. That does not mean that before those Words came to the Anglosphere, People didn't feel Fernweh or Schadenfreude, they just didn't know a Word for it. That's why these Words are a Thing now, someone learned the meaning of them and was like "Yes, that is exactly what I felt/feel!".

Honestly, that's a real Question. I've never considered myself as smart. If someone accuses me of it, I usually just say, 'I'm not smart, I just know a lot of Things'. But does that make one smart? What is the "Requierment" for Smartness? This is honestly confusing for me.

Lately I've started to doubt the Concept of uncollective Smartness. I don't think it's possible of a single Person to be smart by themself, as all Inteligence is build upon the Intelligence of those who came before us. The only real Difference is how much of it you are aware of.

Let's look at some Examples: John Snow: Bacteria are a Thing; Ignaz Semmelweis: Doctors should wash their Hands; Pythagoras; Fractions exist. All of these were considered dumb by there Contemporaries, Semmelweis was even put in an Asylum. But nowadays, we'd all agree that they weren't. So what do "being dumb" and "being smart" mean?

To be smart, you need to either be the first to understand Something that everyone agrees with you, but if People don't agree with you, no matter if you are correct or not, you are dumb. Or, to be smart; go against the Grain, but not to much to be considered revolutionary, because that makes you dumb.