What does she think we are, idiots? Well, yes, actually. Brilliant, but idiots. It's not as if she didn't have plenty of evidence of absentmindedness from everyone of them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Even intelligent people can be dismissed as fools when they are inattentive.
- In plain terms
- Smart people can still be seen as idiots if they are forgetful.
- What can you take from it?
- Intelligence does not prevent others from seeing you as forgetful.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you judge competence?
- Do you judge too quickly?
Another view
Being absentminded does not make you an idiot.
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