An individual’s latent intellect can be measured majorly more reliably by what they DON’T know than by what they DO know. By the sum of knowledge that is wanting, rather than by the sum of knowledge already accrued. By the holes in their resume as opposed to the hollow detritus scribbled across its pages. By an honest shrug of the shoulders in lieu of pompous posturing. An empty wagon rattles the loudest, and I trust we all experience on a regular daily basis more than our fair share of wagons that have been bereft of cargo for a zillion years running but which still create more of a din than is commonly heard during the advent of a Chinese New Year. Annoying as all get-out, yes, but beyond that there isn’t a whole lot you can do to tamp down the irksome cacophony originating from vacuous brains other than to demand the offending individuals shut up and thereupon hope they comply with your sincere “request”. So just learn to live with and reluctantly accept a fair amount of rankling background noise, and recognize that not all minds are created equal even if the same cannot be said of oversized mouths and oversized egos.
Fred's Soapbox 