Oh, the Vagaries of the English Language

Abhay and i go about defining "smart".

abhay says: u want me to define it for you?

r a s h a a d says: don't shit your pants la dude
yeah what you think smart means

AbHaY- show time says:err
intelligent?

r a s h a a d says:hahah
that's not an answer, its a label
AbHaY- show time says:okay
if u want my opinion of smart
i'd say someone who has broken a certain barrier in their mind.(the ignorance barrier if you will). and gets curious. Due to this curiosity, this person obtains more and more knowlege. In the process of obtaining this knowlege, he gets addicted to knowlege and so grows his curiosity. why? because knowlege is power supreme. and power is addictive. but when it comes to knowlege, its in a good way. i can go into further detail to describe what i feel smart is but im too lazy. and i feel that they should come up with a better word for something that means so much.
but thats just my definition
:)
bet u think im a moron right now haha
r a s h a a d says:haha interesting la.you see i was extremely bored yesterday,so i was thinking (never a good thing)
and decided that smart by definition doesnt exist,the more accurate word is "capable".
because there's nothing to differentiate between the two of us, everything's there to learn,its just who's more adept at what.
you knowing science doesnt make you smarter,it just makes you more capable than me.

AbHaY- show time says: But dont you think you are equally capable as i am? everyone has the CAPABILITY.

r a s h a a d says: nope. we all have the capability.but i'm not too good with facts and stuff.
therefore i'm less capable.

AbHaY- show time says:capability makes us capable..and dude, if ure not good at facts, there are things you can do to change that.
my mathematical aptitude was crap 4 years ago.

r a s h a a d says:haha if this makes sense, you've used your capability to make yourself more capable.

AbHaY- show time says: yeah, makes complete sense, because everyone has the capability to do everything.
but then it makes me wonder..lets look at jimi hendrix..what the hell made him so damn good at the guitar?
i doubt it was hell of a lot of practice because alot of other guitarists practiced as much or more than he did..
maybe its inspiration?
which is a whole different thing on its own
bastard, u got me thinking..

r a s h a a d says:alright here have some more..we are influenced by our environment,which in turn influences our specific capability.
make sense?

AbHaY- show time says:yeah, true.

r a s h a a d says: somewhere jimi found something which led to a thought which led to a thought which led to an idea on a guitar.