A quiet and gentle mind can usually find the time to deal with the most baffling problems and at least conjure some ideas. If you could see the electricity in the brain(s) neurons of many very smart people, you are unlikely to find vast fields of chops, spikes, and erratic highs and lows. Far too ineconomical. read more
Smart people, the very smart ones, seem to enjoy ideas more than they do people and events. The audiences for the former are few, and the speakers for the latter are fairly abundant. There is one possible reason why very smart people are often quiet. The socially aware are not as noticeably quiet as the more socially awkward smart ones. read more
The people who are the most intelligent are actually the ones you'd least expect to be smart. They patiently wait for other people to say what they need to say. They choose to open their ears rather than their mouths. The quietest people are the smartest people; the ones who talk less have the most brainpower. Go figure. These are the introverts. read more
Because about half of people are quieter than average and about half of people are smarter than average, so about a quarter of people will be smarter and quieter than average. read more