Originally posted by Nephthys
There's literally no way he gets past Nai. That man isn't human.
While I agree with the first sentence, I can't agree with the second one. Still profiled, though. 😉
Originally posted by The Ellimist
Meh, Nai strikes me as someone whose eloquence makes him sound much smarter than he actually is. Like nebaris, except obviously far greater.
That's quite ironic for three reasons.
1)
I'm not even utilizing my primary language here (that would be German).
That leads to the question: Doesn't mastering a second language to an extend, where my eloquence can make me look smarter than I am, require me to be rather smart in the first place?
2)
Eloquence and smartness aren't mutually exclusive. If anything, the opposite is the case. That doesn't mean that people can't use their talent in rhetorics for wrong reasons. And I'm not excluding myself from that line of inquisition.
3)
I wonder how I could have made that impression, provided we have never interacted. 😉
And back to the topic: Gideon would stop at Janus.
Originally posted by Nai1)
I'm not even utilizing my primary language here (that would be German).
That leads to the question: Doesn't mastering a second language to an extend, where my eloquence can make me look smarter than I am, require me to be rather smart in the first place?2)
Eloquence and smartness aren't mutually exclusive. If anything, the opposite is the case. That doesn't mean that people can't use their talent in rhetorics for wrong reasons. And I'm not excluding myself from that line of inquisition.
Eloquence and intelligence are not mutually exclusive; they're probably positively correlated with one another. I just suggested that in your case, the former is disproportionately impressive to the latter. It doesn't mean you're stupid; TBH everyone here is probably at least smarter than average so we're all evaluating these terms by arbitrary reference points anyway.
Of course, I'm only guessing your intelligence through the quality of your arguments as a proxy, so maybe the former is disproportionately great to the latter. Or perhaps I'm biased because I'm a Sidious-is-the-strongest guy. Or maybe I was baiting you to see if you were still around. Beats me.
3)
I wonder how I could have made that impression, provided we have never interacted. 😉
Well, I am known as someone who knows all.
And back to the topic: Gideon would stop at Janus.
Janus is as much of an ******** as Gideon, but unlike his nemesis lacks the eloquence or debating ability to compensate.