We are seeing a more and more of the I am smarter then you BS and he is a stupid sob but I would like to know how you define smart.

Personally it does not matter if I agree with the person I am more interested in if the person can teach me something, if you do nothing but associate with people you agree with you will likely surround yourself with like minded morons.

My wifes grandfather is one of the smartest people I have ever met he was a glider pilot in WWII and his picture was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal when he retired. One thing that I have learned from him is the only people he called an idiot was someone that thought they knew it all.