Smart. Who is really, no really, smart?
According to one organization, it is a student at the University of Michigan.
He received an 88% (22/25) on a test designed to challenge exceptionally smart people. Now an 88% is usually around a B+, so this student scored above the average exceptionally smart person.
The problem is he cheated! Well, the testers didn't exactly say he cheated, but, come on, he used the Internet and computer programs to answer the questions. Okay, that's being smart about being unable to do it yourself, but where else could you take a test where it was okay to get the answers from someone or something else?
The student said he was just being resourceful... and persistent. So maybe the old "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" is a good rule of thumb. Maybe it doesn't take a genius to be one.
But, to me, that's kind of like saying "home made cookies" when all you do is cut slices from a tube of dough and pop them in the oven. It's a bit of a stretch.
I like to be around people who are smart because they have really exceptional brains, not because they have 4.0 ghz processors in their PC. It's just not a great conversation when someone says, "Let me think about that on the Internet and I'll get back to you."
So, I'll give the kid this: he is "clever", but I'm not totally convinced about the "world's smartest person".
