Why do....

[hollie1586]

very intelligent people have absolutely no common sense at all?

[Octavius]

Because there are some things in life that you cannot learn from a book?

[SKA]

lol I always wonder that!! My sister is a straight A student but sometimes she acts so dumb!!

[andy-hughes]

Because the two concepts are not related in any way - and it's a myth to suppose that they are.

Intelligent people can live their lives with their minds totally occupied with 'higher' matters, and never learn the 'nuts and bolts' things that the rest of us use to get through the day.

That said, it may be something of a generalisation to say that V.I.P.'s are all devoid of comon sense. My wife is very intelligent, and blessed with masses of common sense.

[Marg0]

I know some intelligent people who appear dumb so that people will underestimate them.

[funnygirl]

My brother in law is the same.

He has got about 12 O/A levels, manager for some company and he is the most gormless idiot on earth!!!

He is so boring, talking to him your eyes glaze over!!

[andrea81]

I get told this all the time. On paper I'm intelligent, in life...... I'm not so sure!

[ChocolatChip]

I agree. My old Best Friend was a straight A student. Best in the year.
But she's a terrible person outside of a classroom.

[RevFunk]

I am just perfect

[zabo]

are yu speaking bout yourself? lol

[Gromit]

You are mistaking two different things. Qualifications do not necessarily equal intelligence.
Most academic qualifications are based on remembering information. This is quite different from applying the information or even just using it creatively.
That is why you get some very learned people who cannot do basic things like drive a car or manage their money correctly.

[Marg0]

depends on the academic qualification and whence it came. A place I know, for example, gives you a mark out of 20. 12/20, no more, is what you get if you remember all the information. You only get more if you show 'evidence of independent thinking'.
Anyway, so many uni's in the UK now, and everyone goes there, a degree means you can hold your beer, little else.