Comments on: chameleon http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/intellectual-chameleon/ nonbreakingspace.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: howard http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/intellectual-chameleon/#comment-221 howard Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:38:11 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/intellectual-chameleon/#comment-221 I don't think I'm smart or stupid in fixed ways, but people are almost always over or underestimating me. The ways in which they do so seem to vary by person. In short, I think it's more a matter of perspective. Some people think I'm much smarter than I probably am, while others dismiss me (or think I overestimate myself). And if I have to be honest, the over/underestimation seeps into almost every way in which other people might evaluate me. I don't really understand how it works though. I don’t think I’m smart or stupid in fixed ways, but people are almost always over or underestimating me. The ways in which they do so seem to vary by person. In short, I think it’s more a matter of perspective.

Some people think I’m much smarter than I probably am, while others dismiss me (or think I overestimate myself). And if I have to be honest, the over/underestimation seeps into almost every way in which other people might evaluate me. I don’t really understand how it works though.

]]> By: Heather http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/intellectual-chameleon/#comment-220 Heather Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:02:27 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/haiku/intellectual-chameleon/#comment-220 Yes! Yes! People think they know me. Can you ever really know a person, though, when that person doesn't completely know him/herself? In what ways are you smart and stupid? Heather Yes! Yes!

People think they know me. Can you ever really know a person, though, when that person doesn’t completely know him/herself?

In what ways are you smart and stupid?

Heather

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