Who is the smartest person you know in real life?

[Darth Biscuit]

We were just sitting here talking about getting someone to do some work we have... and I thought this might be a good topic for the huddle.

I've known a guy, name is John, since like 1995. He's about 60 years old now... he's a programmer/GIS specialist that I've worked with off and on for many years. My old boss, who worked with him for even longer said that they once took IQ tests in the early 90's when they both worked for Westinghouse and John's IQ was 180.

This guy has a photographic memory and I've seen it in action... he could remember stuff like specific lines of code we had written like 7 or 8 years previous. I can call him anytime and have him write programs and batch files that do exactly what I want... it's pretty cool actually.

Who do you know?

[Hawk]

used to be my dad, I swear that guy knew fricken everything...but age and disease has diminished him to a shadow of his former self

now my vote goes to Scrum

[Zcustom]

My oldest sister, brains for miles. Deans list at UNC-CH, went to Duke for a summer smart kid program while in Jr High.

I've had specialists tell me since I was in 5th grade that I have a photographic memory. Never believed it until I started playing music

[Zod]

me

[thefuzz]

Smart or Intelligent. IMO there is a difference.

Smart people figure out how to make the best of life wheather it means making money, living in certain areas, or being healthy.

Intelligent people can read code, remember certain things that don't mean anything, are good at Cross Word puzzles.

Big difference.

[boo7382]

me

:eek:

not surprising

[Zod]

thank you

[Carolina Husker]

Most of you have never met me.

[TerriblePizza]

My sister. She was tested for gifted and talented and her IQ was over 140 at 5 years old. She's friggin' scarey smart.

Other than that, my old Latin professor was crazy smart.

[Darth Biscuit]

:eek:

not surprising

Yeah, I don't think she meant you, she meant your answer.

[Cat]

One of my best friends. Brilliant. Witty as hell too. It seemed he could have an in depth conversation about anything and he wasn't bull pooting you either. He had degrees in something with computers, another in philosophy and a law degree. Found out from his parents he had a super high IQ, which wasn't all surprising. Not because of his degrees, you could tell he was smart just from conversation.

However he killed himself. Too smart for his own good. He was awesome.

[Zod]

Yeah, I don't think she meant you, she meant your answer.

Yeah, but you are not the smartest person we know.

[Jase]

I don't know. I generally surround myself with less intelligent people so that I feel better about myself.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, but you are not the smartest person we know.

There is no doubt about that...