Why are some very smart people so quiet?
為什么有些聰明人很安靜？

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獲得135.1k好評(píng)的回答@Barnard Law Collier：

Smart people are quiet because they are smart, very smart, and supremely smart.
聰明人很安靜因?yàn)樗麄兟斆鳌⒑苈斆?、超?jí)聰明。

1.Speaking teaches you little or nothing. It is far more enlightening in both the short and long term to listen and watch.
1.說(shuō)話不能教會(huì)你什么。從短期和長(zhǎng)期來(lái)看，聽(tīng)和看都更能受啟發(fā)。

2.People hear you when you shout and listen when you whisper. Apprehend how people behave when you speak softly but clearly.
2.你喊的時(shí)候人們只是聽(tīng)見(jiàn)，小聲說(shuō)話人們才會(huì)傾聽(tīng)。你會(huì)知道輕聲但清楚地說(shuō)話時(shí)人們會(huì)是什么反應(yīng)。

3.A quiet and gentle mind can usually find the time to deal with the most baffling problems and at least conjure some ideas.
3.安靜從容的頭腦通常能有時(shí)間處理最讓人困擾的問(wèn)題，至少能有一些想法。

4.When a quiet person raises her or his decibel level to what most might judge as ordinary, the sounds may seem enormously loud to listerners accustomed to leaning forward and perking their ears to hear the speaker.
4.一個(gè)安靜的人把音量提高到在大部分人看來(lái)是正常水平時(shí)，對(duì)于那些習(xí)慣了身體前傾豎起耳朵聽(tīng)他說(shuō)話的人來(lái)說(shuō)這樣的聲音可能特別洪亮。

5.To be quiet does not mean that smart people cannot become raucous sometimes, and when they do, all of their acquaintances notice right away.
5.安靜不代表聰明人不會(huì)在有些時(shí)候大聲說(shuō)話，他們大聲說(shuō)話時(shí)所有認(rèn)識(shí)他們的人都會(huì)立刻注意到。

6.BTW, in American schools, students are required to speak up, and in many schools to speak up loudly. Quite the opposite in Chinese and other Asian schools.
6.順便說(shuō)一下，美國(guó)學(xué)校的學(xué)生都被要求大聲說(shuō)話，很多學(xué)校還要求特別大聲說(shuō)話，這和中國(guó)還有其他亞洲國(guó)家恰恰相反。

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獲得48.6k好評(píng)的回答@Rahul Adhikari：

“The smarter you get the less you speak”
“人越聰明話越少”

Once my friend, who is very enthusiast in reading, told me the smarter you get the less you speak. Anyone can argue, debate, condemn, criticize, complain but the true knowledge comes from within from inside. It takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. Knowledge also brings peace, calmness and silence with itself.
曾經(jīng)一個(gè)癡迷于閱讀的朋友告訴我“人越聰明話越少”。任何人都能爭(zhēng)論、辯論、譴責(zé)、批評(píng)、抱怨，但真正的知識(shí)來(lái)自于內(nèi)在。做到理解和原諒需要有品格和自控力，知識(shí)自帶平和、冷靜和沉默。

Some people are introvert just because they know that most of the time debating doesn’t bring results; it brings confusion. They are not listening; they are more focused on winning the argument.
有些人內(nèi)向，就是因?yàn)樗麄冎来蠖鄶?shù)時(shí)候爭(zhēng)論不會(huì)有結(jié)果，只會(huì)一團(tuán)糟。爭(zhēng)論的人并沒(méi)有在聽(tīng)，他們更關(guān)注的是贏得這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論。

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獲得33.7k好評(píng)的回答@Say Keng Lee：

Why are some very smart people so quiet?
為什么有些聰明人很安靜？

I can think of the following reasons:
我能想出以下原因：

Very smart people:
很聰明的人：

-choose to talk less, and listen more, in order to seek more information, which leads to opportunities;
-選擇少說(shuō)多聽(tīng)以便能收集更多信息，這些信息才能帶來(lái)機(jī)會(huì)；

-seek first to understand; then to be understood;
-首先努力去理解，然后被理解；

-know how to exercise savoir-faire, so as to stay on top of the game;
-知道如何鍛煉隨機(jī)應(yīng)變的能力，以便能保住游戲中的優(yōu)勢(shì)地位；

-understand the realism of “Dumb people talk about people; Average people talk about events; Intelligent people talk about ideas.” (Steve Jobs);
-明白這個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)“蠢人談?wù)撊?；庸人談?wù)撌拢恢钦哒務(wù)撍枷??！保▎滩妓梗?/div>

-believe in 'Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.';
-堅(jiān)信“永遠(yuǎn)不要和傻子爭(zhēng)吵，旁觀者看不出你和傻子的區(qū)別”；

-accept the reality of 'Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.'
-接受一個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)“永遠(yuǎn)不要和白癡爭(zhēng)吵，他們只會(huì)降低你的檔次，并用經(jīng)驗(yàn)打敗你。”

-live by the code of “Talk doesn’t cook rice; only Action creates Results;”
-生活要以這個(gè)為準(zhǔn)“光說(shuō)不練假把式，只有行動(dòng)才會(huì)有結(jié)果”；

-appreciate that life is defined by what you do and what you don’t do;
要懂得生命是被你所做的和沒(méi)做的定義的。

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（翻譯：菲菲）