Not being afraid of saying “I don’t know”, asking really good questions, being able to admit mistakes—these are just a few examples of what people think is characteristic of an intelligent person. And while signs that indicate that someone is highly intelligent might differ from person to person, you’ll know one when you meet them by the way they carry themselves.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community have recently discussed such signs after the user ‘Occyz’ started a thread about it. If you’re curious about what kind of person might make you feel like Pinky next to The Brain, scroll down to find the redditors’ thoughts on the list below and feel free to upvote the signs you believe are indicative of intelligence as well.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with a professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, author of Adaptive Intelligence, Dr. Robert J. Sternberg, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about perception of intelligence.
eric_ts , Felicity Tai/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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Isla_Eldar , Pragyan Bezbaruah/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
saltyhashbrowns , Mikhail Nilov/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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Sunflowerr-Belle , Brett Sayles/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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frygod , Mikhail Nilov/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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cruiserman_80 , 100K MAKHASETTE/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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helplessdelta , Jean-Daniel Francoeur/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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MuskokaGreenThumb , Maria Naichenko/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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Adorable-Angell , Mikhail Nilov/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
G-T-R-F-R-E-A-K-1-7 , ma Miroshnichenko/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Heavy_Direction1547 , Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
loki143 , Elle Hughes/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
FormerBabyy , Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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Grimaldi_Francesco , fauxels/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Crystalline-Luck , Vanessa Garcia/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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Koreangonebad , Jonathon Burton/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
BlueDazing_ , nappy/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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