Every person is special in their own way as we all thrive in various and different activities. Some of us are great with creative assignments, some are better at finding answers to questions through applying logic. There are a lot of ways one can show their intelligence. Having this in mind, Reddit user @Gisgiii asked people online to share what kind of “subtle signs” they noticed that allow them to understand that the person they are talking to is extremely smart. The question that received almost 56k upvotes gave people a green light to share their opinions and observations.
A lot of users found that being able to ask good questions, being curious about various things, and taking into account that you can’t know it all is what makes people smart. It was said that intelligent people are always open to a discussion. This is what helps them to find out more about various things that they perhaps never heard of as well as challenge them to broaden their views. Do you agree with this? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
#21
This is more of a hit or miss one, but in casual conversation they're good at puns/wordplay.
Making good puns, especially spontaneously, requires a high level of understanding in whatever language is being spoken. If they tell you a pre-constructed joke that has a punchline that is a pun (a pun-chline if you will) you can't really tell, because they could have had a lot of time to come up with it (like me for instance), or they could have memorized it from somewhere, but spontaneous puns generally mean they're processing your conversation multiple interpretations at once, in an intelligent way.
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65points
#22
They draw wisdom from multiple sources. Wait but that might be more wise than intelligent... But I guess those two tend to be seen together a lot.
64points
#23
They understand what you’re saying before you’re even done with your explanation.
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56points
#25
They can follow the plot of Kingdom Hearts without needing any line graphs or charts.
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11points