haven't read the thread or anything, but i'd just like to say the smartest people i know (i don't just mean omg he got 100% in a maths test or he got straight As ) definitely don't act uppity. there are many people who think they are smart but that's natural and it no longer angers me. i'm just saying the people that knew about splitting fields (abstract algebra) when they were 13 do not act this way, there is no need! Being all uppity shows a desperation to be known as clever or intellectual, it's all really trivial