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		phillmv on Feb 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I've Learned About Smart People. Whenever I find myself thinking that I'm the smartest person in the room I like to take a deep breath and look around me more carefully. Always a poor assumption to make, in my experience.

kenjackson on Feb 12, 2012 [–]

I was using the term "smart"/"smartest" largely following the use in the post. You can replace it with the term "relatively competent in the domain being discussed".

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