Is it me or are people who constantly brag about being "mature" and "intelligent" usually the least of these two?

[SoylentMean]

I've been finding a lot of opinionated posts by people who claim to be "mature" and "intelligent" -- usually lamenting a world that is not up to par with their so-called intellectual capacity and eloquence. Yet, I've noticed that a lot of these posters tend to be insolent and rude whenever someone posts a comment they do not like. Do you think being intolerant of people's differing opinions make you mature and intelligent? How can we work on accepting each other's opinions while still maintaining firm belief in our own? Is learning to live with people of differing opinions and values a sign of maturity?

[james2023]

If you cannot tolerate an opinion which doesn't suit your own, then that's a mental attitude problem which may be down to maturity, but nothing to do with intelligence.
I remember a guy in school who was quite clever once asked me to proof read his essay. You could tell he had worked hard on it and was only asking people to check it because he wanted to hear "Wow its amazing and perfect!". I found a handful of spelling mistakes and a few sentences that didn't quite sound right. When I told him he pretty much went into the biggest sulky mood I have ever seen. People like this aren't worth your time.

There is a huge difference between academic intelligence and just "general life" intelligence. I guess you could measure the latter as a sort of maturity level. If you truly are smart then you shouldn't need to boast about it, your work and actions should speak for themselves.

[JohnWhilkins]

You could say that about anything. I mean we're so used to hearing people project what they actually want to be that anything said by a stranger about themselves that is positive is usually dismissed as nonsense and often rightly so.

There is a way to bypass it and that is to not talk about it at all. You dont have to talk yourself up because your friends will do it for you :)

That's not the worst that's come out of the site. The worst is when people post questions to answers they already know or want to hear. Biased fucking questions are the scum of the earth.

[Anonymous]

I've always thought that when someone feels compelled to advertise certain qualities all the time, it probably means they don't actually possess those qualities... otherwise, people would just know, they wouldn't have to keep telling them they are [insert quality here].

[MaskofInsanity]

Smart people know they know nothing, and mature people know they still have s lot of growing to do.

People who claim to be intelligent and mature tend to be stuck in a stasis incapable of progressing further as a human being.

[Tractorbeam]

I agree. The day you think you know everything is the day you stop learning.

[MaskofInsanity]

Precisely!

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Whether someones opinion is negative
or positive if it's deemed as not offensive
it usually stays posted on ones questions/
opinions /comments. I don't like someone
making negative or immature comments
on my opinions but it's life the only thing
i can do is man up. If it's not offensive
in anyway to be removed than it stays
i do report the offensive /hurtful things
said that's all I'm not retaliating i want
be the better man and show i can be
stronger

[rUinSAYAN]

I would say I don't like when people don't met me at the same level or threat me like less valuable. I don't know if braging is my behavior

[BCRanger10]

The empty can rattle the most.