There are many ways that people try to pretend to be smarter than they actually are. 3 of them that I've noticed:

- Using "complicated" language for something simple
- Imitating specific smart people gestures/ways
- Associating themselves with other "high status" people

🇧🇷🇺🇸-  Book: Making Things Think: https://holloway.com/mtt. Investor in Wander, Carry, Footprint, Merkle Manufactory (Farcaster), Dynamic, Paragraph.

The last two can actually help u become smart

This. "Reversion to the mean" also applies to a high bar.