how do u become so clever?

Question: how do u become so clever?
- Keywords:
  brain,
  clever,
  intellect,
  iq
Asked by sufyantalib to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- Geoff McBride answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  I don’t think of myself as clever just interested in stuff and how it all works and why and what happens next and can I make things it just goes on.
- Adam Tuff answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  Haha! Well, I read a lot of things from books and online (wikipedia has lots of useful information – the news always tells us new things). Remember, although we know a lot about our research, we don’t know everything!
- Suzie Sheehy answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  Firstly, I’ve never thought of myself as ‘clever’. I certainly know people who I think are a lot cleverer than I am!
  
  Sometimes people come across as clever because they’ve had a lot of experience doing something or just because they’ve spend years learning things! Don’t forget, we’ve all spent 8 or more years studying after school – and some of us have now finished studying and gone on to jobs.
  
  So don’t worry, we know we’re not fooling you guys, we’re not so clever as all that!
- Sheila Kanani answered on 20 Mar 2011:
  
  Hehe I never think I’m clever! In relation to the people at work and others I’ve met I feel really thick 😀
  I guess different people are good at different things and for me, its physics. I could never do a PhD in History for example!
- Robert Simpson answered on 21 Mar 2011:
  
  Most scientists are highly trained specialists in just one or two areas. I might know about astrophysics but I know nothing about plumbing or the theory of music. After doing my A-Levels I spent the best part of a decade continuing my education, getting ever more specialised and focussed on astrophysics. It’s been hard work and a lot of fun. During a PhD one of the things you really learn is that you know a lot less than you thought about almost everything 🙂

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