1) Would you take a pill if it increased your intelligence? The real question is do you want to be smart or happy? I'm not saying that being smart creates unhappiness; I'm saying when you are intelligent you see every detail that others miss. They will concern and consume you (if you let them). They have a weight of many people.<br>2) The verbal IQ or G test. People who are smart can single each other out within seconds of meeting. If you want a not as smart person to verbally identify someone with high intelligence it won't be through conversation it will be through problem solving. A worldly person can amaze someone who doesn't have as much experience, but can't problem solve like someone with high intelligence. Fluid intelligence vs crystallized intelligence.,(reply>), I find that some very intelligent people also have major blindspots. They can be so hyper fixated in one area that they miss things that are completely obvious.