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In life, is it better to be "book smart" or "street smart"?

Who is the winner, street smart or book smart? Which type of intelligence is better: street smart, book smart, mechanical knowledge, political smarts, EQ or IQ? Explain.

Posted - May 28, 2018

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  • 5808
    a bit of everything
    including some
    spiritual smarts,
    a Good understanding
    of life and consciousness,
    and a good balance can be achieved.
      May 28, 2018 1:58 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably both
      May 28, 2018 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Book smart definitely.  
      May 28, 2018 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    I want to say street smart... mainly because no one else did :P But yes, I do think it helps. those people seem to know how to handle things.. book smart can get you a great job and that can mean you move in circles that avoid having to deal with undesirables... but now and then you are going to encounter them... and I think that would make them uncomfortable. On the other hand street smart might feel very uncomfortable in a very posh setting. 
      May 28, 2018 3:55 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    Both have their place.  If society were to break say, due to war, the street smart people would survive while people like college professors would struggle and maybe not survive.  Being able to fix machinery and shoot a gun would be more valuable skills.  As things are, book smarts pay the biggest rewards.
      May 28, 2018 8:03 PM MDT
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  • 1713
    I think it's best if they work together, that way they can make up for eachother's weaknesses.
      May 28, 2018 8:16 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Methink book smart to get what you got. Street smart to keep it.
      May 28, 2018 11:15 PM MDT
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