[An_Shashira]

Could you please explain me how can I be a genius as Mac? Is it only knowledge about Science & Technology?

[MacGyverGod]

If it was just that, a lot of peoples went his way. Unfortunately it's more than that. Like using common sense and logic thinking.

[MacGyverOnline]

Genius isn't something you learn. It's something your born with.

You learn the knowledge, but genius is in how you use and understand the knowledge.

[Mac Jackson]

I've heard (read) RDA explain it on a online Q & A a bunch of years ago and it really stuck with me as the best explaination to his thinking.
Someone had asked: "Who do you think is smarter, Sam Carter or MacGyver?"
he said something like: "Carter is book smart. Mac is practical smart."
"Thinking like Mac is a combination of knowledge and a way of thinking."

It's one thing to know how things work but you have to have the creative, optimistic (where there's life, there is hope. There's always a way out. Use what you have.) view of life that makes the real difference.

[MacGyverOnline]

Yeah your right MacJackson. And I've actually experienced that situation first hand, where we had a very highly certified network technician come in to do some work on a server for us, problem was he had zero practical knowledge. All he knew was theory, so when we put him in front of the server he couldn't even work out how to log in to the damn thing and after a week we sent him home with instructions to the company to never send him to us again and give us someone with practical knowledge.

So yeah there is a big difference between book (theory) smart and practical smart, although Carter seems to at least be able to use her book smarts and apply it to what she's doing.

For the record I think MacGyver is smarter, because he has a broader knowledge base and seems to be able to pick things up really quickly. He also has the ability to apply the knowledge he has in an adaptive way to the situation he's in.. i.e MacGyverisms.

Imaging if Carter and MacGyver got together.

[Mac Jackson]

Oh, Mac is definetly smarter than Carter. You can tell from the SG-1 pilot that MacGyver is someone Carter looks up to. I like to imagine Jack is Mac in disguise or they are brothers like the fan fics I've read and plots I've come up with. At the very least they are in the same universe. There have been fanfics that have Carter fall for Mac since she can't be with his (secret/long lost)brother Jack:)

[MacGirl]

Common sense has a huge amount to do with it. There are lots of folks out there who are technically brilliant, but dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to everyday life. I would also say that how you relate to other people is part of it. If you're hard to get along with, you're not going to get very far in the world, no matter how many facts you have crammed into your head.

[An_Shashira]

Thank you all of you for your answers. I'll try to do my best in everything.

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