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		Cookingboy on May 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just Don't Hire 0x Engineers I have, and I'd call that person smart. He could be unobservant, insensitive, socially awkward and all nine yards but he's still smart.

sliverstorm on May 20, 2015 [–]

Colloquially that person would probably be called smart, but their (social) actions might be described as stupid. A smart person can be prone to doing stupid things.

irishcoffee on May 20, 2015 | [–]

A smart person can do stupid things, and a stupid person can do smart things.

This does not disprove GP's point. Rather, you seem to agree.

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