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Originally Posted by londontown  Also, those with brilliance tend to shut up and demonstrate it, and only those who merely perceive their own brilliance, tend to talk it up the entire time. ..
The burden of proof generally lies with the person making the fantastic claim. |
Well, yes and no. I've known some utterly fantastically brilliant people, who knew they were utterly fantasticallly brilliant and let you know it as well. Mozart certainly was crass, and Beethoven knew his worth. Miles Davis was as arrogant as they come.
So it takes all kinds. Modesty isn't a trait of brilliance. It's more often learned behavoir on why people tend to not like you and why you keep losing friends. Most times it's people own buttons that are pushed about why they aren't themselves so brilliant.