[RIghtwardHo]

Well said.

I think too often though we confuse smart with arrogant. What happens is we’ve put up some really bad candidates who are, quite frankly, stupid. We dismiss the intelligent out of hand.

BUT ... as you infer, the smart/arrogant combination is nauseating.

[cripplecreek]

I think too often though we confuse smart with arrogant.

Also true. Its one of the reasons I get irritated with some posters on science threads here at FR. Broad brush denunciations of science are just as ignorant as broad brush denunciations of Christianity.