Does pointing out someone's inferior intelligence make them smarter?

- It might. Yes, it may ALSO make them hostile and defensive, but that doesn't address your question.

I've run into more than one person who didn't know the limitations of their intelligence. In some of those cases, pointing it out to them caused them to use other solutions, thereby making them smarter.

Could you elaborate on your question a little more? Although I do understand what you mean. Some people who are classed as clever in one sense can really very unfair of their treatment of people who aren't as clever in their field, when in actual fact there are a number of different forms of intelligence. There was a very interesting article in New Scientist recently about this (Linked in sources). It's only a preview but I think it gives you enough of an idea of what it's about.

I think people really need to identify that, like most abstract concepts, intelligence and genius are purely subjective. Someone who's great at maths isn't guaranteed to be good at sports, for example.

When in pointing out to someone else that they have a"inferior intelligence,"

does that make you smarter, or them?

It has nothing to do with ego. Ego = I, as in self."

You are either offering "constructive criticism," or making fun of them.

People who make fun of someone, or bully them, they are trying to hide

from their own "inadequacies."

It is not the pointing out of errors that helps a person become smarter, it is the person who made the errors to explore the error.

No. I know I'm harsh myself, but I try to indirectly inspire someone to prove me wrong on my ideas, in hopes that either they will discover it helps, or that I will discover that I'm wrong.

We feeling a bit froggy today? FYI "Pride cometh before a fall." Don't trip on your own tounge.

No. That would only make you look like an idiot.

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