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Originally Posted by g0tcuddly
I always questioned if I was smart or just a leech with a real good memory.
Well, if you can take what you've learned & make intellectual leaps into other directions & use that knowledge for whatever practical purpose you have, then you're smart.
If you just remember anything anyone tells you & don't have the ability to use that knowledge to create something better than the sum of your knowledge, you're probably just a leech with a really good memory (which is also a form of intelligence, just one that is less helpful to the world as a whole).