[c22]

I start by assuming everyone is smarter than me, then I rule people out by process of elimination when I hear them say dumb things.

Also, I think I accidentally trick smart people into thinking I'm smart sometimes by just saying random things that turn out to have some unexpectedly humorous connection inside the smart person's brain. Sometimes I figure out the joke later, but often I don't. I think once this has happened people give me the benefit of the doubt when my random shit doesn't sync up to their preconceptions and just assume that they didn't get the joke this time.