[Jensson]

That jives very well with the first point:

"Be audacious. Most people who are talented or smart are scared of doing things."

In general smart people want to understand what they are doing before they do it. This means you can often beat them at a task by simply doing without understanding, which is why General Kurt told us to be wary about such people.

[nine_k]

Doing without understanding usually misses some "obvious" detail, and that makes the whole thing a lot less useful, if not harmful.

[mistermann]

A concrete but flawed implementation can also be an excellent catalyst for brighter minds, gives them something newer to focus on, discuss, iterate on, etc.

[rgavuliak]

Yeah, I've seen too many bs created by people that thought they were much smarter than in reality.

[Charlie_32]

The, refactor the entire codebase without asking to, type people