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How do you assess the intelligence of another person?
If you don’t know someone very well, how do you determine their level of intelligence? This is often a necessary ability to have in interpersonal relations.
Do you judge their vocabulary and grammar usage? Whether or not they have (or don’t) degrees or a degree-required profession? Their political and/or philosophical beliefs?
We base so much assessment of others on basic impressions, can you define your criteria?
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