‘What skill makes people instantly assume you’re way smarter than you actually are?’ – 23 quick hacks to help you seem extra brainy

13.

‘Being a classically trained musician. Which I’m not but I’m a musician and people definitely put classically trained musicians on a pedestal whilst classically trained musicians put jazz musicians on pedestal.’
–deerpretty3

14.

‘Silence and observation.’
–MeltyFrog

15.

‘Confidence and discipline together are a powerful combo.’
–Total_Shower_640

16.

‘People assume cause I write poetry i’m hella emotionally intelligent, I write to keep me from crashing out and doing something crazy.’
–XaviTheZombie

17.

‘Using shortcuts in MS Word. My coworkers believe I am a genius. I am just crouching in my chair like a goblin and couldn’t be bothered to use the mouse.’
–tonnemuell

18.

‘Solving a Rubik’s cube. My eight-year-old nephew can do it and it’s just bunch of repeated actions in a specific sequence.’
–BenneIdli

19.

‘My collection of useless information. I’ve wowed people with something like how tonic water was an early treatment for malaria, the gin was just to ‘help he medicine go down’. And bored them to within an inch of their life with my Star Trek: The Next Generation knowledge.’
–Ryandhamilton18

20.

‘A few words in a few languages.’
–Apuonbus

21.

‘Predicting human behavior. I am someone who frequently think about situations, observe how they play out etc. I also worked in sales so I learned how to read people and understand how they think, know which questions to ask etc… most people don’t even know how to introduce themselves properly.

I frequently predict a lot of outcomes a year or two years from now. And people look at me as if I’m crazy when I say what’s going to happen and then they find me even more crazy when it actually happens.’
–assertive_

22.

‘My pattern recognition abilities (autism) makes me realise stuff before anyone else. It can be knowing who the killer is in the first few minutes of an episode or noticing patterns in error at work and finding the root cause.’
–riwalenn

23.

‘Wearing a monocle.’
–murraco

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