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  Those terms aren't referencing ability. They're referencing knowledge someone has (or doesn't).
context: Booksmart is getting information from documented   sources ,books , tv  the internet 
  Street smarts is what you learn from your  own experiences >
  
  This take isn't even simplifying things.. It's just wrong. >
  
  Book smarts: Your ability to acquire knowledge while in a safe and optimal learning environment
  Street smarts: Your ability to navigate dangerous situations. >
  
  That's what the fuck I'm talking about you hit the nail right on the fuckin head >
  
  Book smarts: having a good formal education.
  Street smarts: having an understanding of the (often criminal) workings of the world. >
  
  I don’t think street smarts has to do with criminality but more with reading people and having knowledge of the world. >
  
  No that's not what it is which lets me know you are also book smart >
  
  they kind of are though - my cousin and i are decent examples i think
  he is extremely well read and can speak competently on history, geography, world politics, stock market/finances, and can quote entire passages from Tolkien and Tolstoy 
  now i dropped out of highschool and although i've read Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hemingway and a hundred other books they're all mostly lost to me now
  but i spent a few years on the street a homeless teenager and two decades as a functioning heroin addict & alcoholic, i've been a woodworker/carpenter, bartender, professional musician, and can fix almost anything, drive any vehicle, hunt, shoot, fish and so on - and except for the early basics that i got from my dad, it's all self-taught
  my cousin is a veritable walking search engine but cannot adapt to sudden or unfamiliar situations and cannot really implement much (if any) of what he knows - he can't use tools or build something w/o instructions or drive very well etc, he's just a human knowledge base 
  i on the other hand have a terrible memory for literature, suck at math and have trouble remembering history - but i am just as comfortable in the hood as i am in a small town in the midwest, or just at ease in a crowd of a thousand as i am when i walk alone at night in the woods behind our place   
  i enjoy his company and we compliment each other pretty well i think - because our strengths are so diverse >
  
  *Deep inhale*
  James Sidis aka the most "intelligent" man that has ever existed an IQ of 300. Was effectively a child. Zero social skills, zero problem solving skills and zero common sense but knew massive amounts of information. I equate "street smarts" with common sense and problem-solving skills. Yes they definitely are real things even though they are just theories. That's like saying Harry Potter isn't real because he isn't tangible. However the idea of Harry Potter definitely is. It isn't a "willingness to learn" its more "labeling your strengths."
  In conclusion they are real things and saying they arn't is asinine at best. >
  
  Your “deep inhale” make me read this really fast, and made it humorous. Lol >
  
  glad you enjoyed