24 Super Smart 'Geniuses' Who Probably Aren't That Smart

If someone has to boast and brag about how smart they are, chances are they aren't really that smart. For some folks, education and pursuing higher education is important, which is good. People want to be educated for all kinds of reasons. It's when people start to brag about how smart they are that it becomes a problem. Some people like to post their IQs online, talk about how different they are from everyone else, and, in general, call the rest of the world dumb while they are geniuses. It's just cringeworthy to see, and it's so obvious that they're insecure.

Chances are, these people are not as smart as they claim to be, but they will try and convince everyone they are, anyway. Reddit's very sarcastically titled subreddit /r/iamversmart is a subreddit where people can post all of the most awkward and cringeworthy things people have said online while trying to prove their intelligence. Here are 24 of them that hurt to see.