Watson represents merely a step in the development of smart machines. Its answering prowess, so formidable on a winter afternoon in 2011, will no doubt seem quaint in a surprisingly short time.

The best part about being a genius is that you only have to prove it once on the IQ test. After that, you can just carry on like a complete idiot, and repeatedly exclaim "genius!" in obnoxious voices.

It's important to be smart, but it's also important to be active with your intelligence. The more you sit around over-thinking things, the more trouble you get into.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

Smart means having intellectual humility rather than high cognitive ability.