WWE.com: 20 Smartest Superstars in History

[swarm]

Sept 3, 2012 8:07:56 GMT -5 @marktaggart said:

I'm not overly impressed with degrees. Does a Harvard law degree make someone smart? No, it means they were a great receptacle for the stuff someone else made them sit and get filled with.

This is awfully debatable, but instead of opening this gigantic can of worms that will surely end with an "agree to disagree" truce after 100 posts, I'll say I agree that a degree does not always make someone any more smart than someone who proved a capable of surviving the streets. But what about people who've done both? There are millions of stories of kids who escape poverty, go to college and make something of their lives.

I'll say it's not so much the degree that makes someone smart, but what they do with it. Is a surgeon smart? Is he smart when he/she graduates with their degree, or only after they've successfully performed surgery in real-life? I could use this example with tons of high paying careers that require tons of schooling. Beyond that, there is imo several varieties of intelligence. I work with clients who own 4 million dollar homes in CA, but the home is 1200 square feet. In MI, you can get a 1200 square foot home for like 150k, and not have to worry about dying in an earthquake (seems like a no brainer, right?). You can get a 3700 square foot home for like 250k-300k. So who's smarter there? The dude with maybe more $$$ to burn who pays 1.7 million more for 2500 less living space, or the guy with maybe less $$$ to burn who pays 1.7 million less for 2500 more? This is again, just one of many examples I can use.

I like to think the happiest people in life are the smartest. After all, you can't take it with you when you're dead, and the true measure of a man is his happiness. If you can find someone who lives a happy, full-filling, stress free life, then imo you found a smart son of a bitch. Another reason I chose Warrior to be no.1. He seems awfully happy, and awfully content with his life, whereas a lot of ex-wrestlers seemingly retire/die unhappy, sometimes on drugs (and/or they go to TNA) , apparently looking to fill some vacant void in their life they cannot fill without that massive spotlight.

[marktaggart]

Of course I was just illustrating the most extreme end of the spectrum to make my point. The fact is that I don't believe comparing framed documents on the wall is the way to measure intelligence. What's more to the point is that the guys who spent insane amounts of time and money getting those degrees are in exactly the same business (on the lower end of the pecking order) as guys like CM Punk who barely made time for high school. Punk is more successful and probably spent 2500 dollars on wrestling school and a few hundred more on the boots and ring gear he used to get his start. I'd call that a smarter move, and I REALLY hate to give a guy like Punk that kind of credit. He's set for life already if he spends wisely and invests only modestly well. Those guys with degrees usually end up paying off student loans until their 50.

PS: What are you doing with a gigantic can of worms, Swarm? Why do people keep cans of worms laying around? I never have figured that out. Is the Boogeyman coming over for dinner? Worms come out of the ground. Go dig some up and go fishing and I might could understand. Putting them in cans has always just seemed really bizarre to me. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread or anything. Furthermore, of all the human inventions over the centuries why do so many people still seem to think the slicing of the bread trumps them all?

Forget this thread, I've got stuff to go ponder now......

PPS: where does John Cena's PHD in basic thuganomics place him on this list?
edit: ah crap, never mind.
www.kayfabenews.com/transcripts-reveal-cena-never-completed-thuganomics-phd/