Joe Rogan on How to Be a Smarter Person

I think some people have the burden of intelligence. And what I mean by that is that they're really smart and they see a lot of people around them that are silly. And they experience that so often that they get weary and they get, you know, they sort of get rigid in their belief that their opinions are correct because they dismiss most of the people that are around them. Because you're around a bunch of dummies. If you're a smart guy or a smart girl, it's hard. It's hard to maintain a good perception of what things are and what things aren't when you're the smartest person in the room. You kind of never want to be the smartest person in the room. Yeah. And also, yes. And also believing that you are, in a way, excludes you from including other people who are also smarter than everybody in the room. Well, it's not even meant, maybe not even smarter, which is, but I know you're saying it by an ideology. Their perspective isn't dimmed. Right. Yeah. Yes. They see things clearly, which is, I think, one of the most underrated forms of intelligence. Like there's all this intelligence in solving mathematical problems. Yeah. Right. Social intelligence. But there's there's a bunch of different kinds of intelligence. Absolutely. Being able to see through the bullshit is an intelligence. And some people just don't have it. Yeah. No, absolutely. And I think that, you know, at the same time, wanting to help someone see that angle is also an important thing. So if you're like, if you're someone who's like, oh, shit, like, let's say it's this, maybe you're, maybe you're trained in tactical awareness. Right. And you just have a different way of being in a room where you sit, what you think about all that stuff. Sure. And the situation arises where like, potentially, something dangerous could happen or whatever. Then being able to explain that idea and that type of awareness so that someone can see that is also possible, like sharing it. They may not get it to the extent that you do, but they at least you've included it in their viewpoint. Yeah. Maybe. Well, people that are soldiers, they do have a weird way of entering the room. My friend, Andy Stump, he's always sneaking up on me. He says, you got no situational awareness. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, burn a crowd. Like, what am I supposed to do? Just constantly on 360 looking for danger? That's so crazy. I mean, yeah, that's what he's saying. Yeah, that is what he's saying. That is what he's saying. But that's because he's a seal, you know, how they look at, they look at things a whole lot different. That's how you stay alive. Exactly. Yeah. I think one of the things that's super important for people to recognize and helps them open their mind up to other opinions is that even if they favor themselves very highly, that competitive thing of comparing your intellect and your reason to other people, it's very limiting. Yeah. Instead of worrying about yourself, if you're smart, just be smart. Yeah. But just appreciate other intelligences. Just get into talking to them. That's my thoughts on it. Oh, yeah. Instead of being competitive with them, get into trying to find out how they work because there's a lot of different humans on this planet. And we have this egocentric position, almost everybody does, that they're at least better at one thing than other people are. Or they know some more about one thing that other people do. And it's a weird competitive thing that people get involved in. It's stupid. Yeah. You should recognize that it's awesome to have cool people around you that are like really smart and interested in weird shit and intelligent and inspiring. Yeah. You almost envy their creativity. Those are massively important people to have in your life. But when people get, they feel weird about comparing themselves to the other person because they come up unfavorably. That's insecurity. Exactly. That's where I see that with a lot of guys. Guys puff up chests and start comparing how much their houses cost. Like literally doing stuff that you're like, well, we're still doing this? Yeah. To my mind. I'm like, oh shit. You're doing this. Yeah. And I'm like, oh shit. You guys aren't aware of it like a way that I, but anyways, yeah. That kind of thing. You guys are doing some 1990s shit here. Yeah. Cause it's like, I know. Cause like either they're like doing an act, you know, which I'm always hoping. I'm always hoping that's why there's disbelief when it really is what it is. I'm like, oh shit. Oh, that's, that's for real. That's actually the thing. It's weird, right? Yeah. It is a little, it's a little weird. I mean, some people have a lack of cool people around them too. That's a real problem. Yes. It gets stuck in a shit. It's like a good tomato plant is not going to grow in the fucking Sonora desert. All right. There's no nutrients there. It's too bright. It's the sun's too hot. It's not the right climate.