Sometimes you never know who is really smart, just as you never know who really has money.

Take for example the curious case of Christopher Langan, "The smartest man in the world."

Seems to me his intelligence not only set him apart from the herd, it made him feel the herd was beneath him.

He didn't teach, never tried at business, and he didn't earn lots of money: he simply played his cards in a way that suited him.

I think they were pretty well-played.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/christopher-langan