See, I don’t think she is smart. She thinks she is, and this prevents her from actually learning.
She can absorb and parrot information, yes, (#mathlete) but her ability to interpret that information is poor. I don’t think she’s bright at all.
exactly - reads something once, repeats it out loud and defines herself as expert in said subject.
The big long complex words and terms she uses may work on her circle of associates to wow them, but as we seen recently when she was challenge by some1 with knowledge and experience she resorted to the passive aggressive tone & 'they just nasty trolls' tactics.
I think you need to have some level of humility to be smart - as you learn, get stuff wrong, accept that you dont know everything, correct yourself, learn again.
As she has neither humility and is never wrong, she will never truly learn or become a subject matter expert.
Actuary and every other part time career since, she has eventually been found out and its happening again now by the looks of it.