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Comment author: private_messaging 30 May 2014 06:52:34AM *  2 points [-]

How do you tell if someone off-the-scale smart is unreasonably narcissistic or simply aware of their own strengths (and weaknesses)?

You compare their behaviour and the way they live their life to that of garden variety narcissists, and to that of most very intelligent people, and you see what they look more like.

Narcissism is a complex behavioural pattern with many very odd traits.

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