Thread: arrogance or factual statements?

{{Still pretty bad, but that's what he meant, and to be honest, it's very possible that he would be right in saying so.}} I agree. Monk does not feel blessed that he has a gift. He thinks it is more of a burden.

Maybe, fine. I don't recall what started this thread. The main thing, though, regarding Monk is that: (1) Monk was mean towards the auto mechanic in the UFO episode. (2) Monk had no basis to refer to the mechanic as basically stupid. Monk was prejudiced. Also, the mechanic could be uneducated in most areas and could be uncouth. He could be lazy. But to own a successful business (I think he did) be a successful mechanic, understanding all...

The inference he made, and the way Monk said it, implied that this was the only way the guy was smart, and that he was stupid otherwise.

Do you by any chance remember Gomer and Goober? Granted, those were fictional characters, but then again, so are Monk and the mechanic in question. But in real life, I have known great auto mechanics that were pretty dumb when it came to anything else. I know an air conditioning guy who is good enough at what he does that he can put the proper charge of coolant in a system without using pressure gauges. BUT, he writes on about 4th grade level,...

Psychology recognizes that there are different types of intelligence; Monk apparently does, too. But there's almost always a price to be paid for being TOO intelligent in one way and not in another. Monk is super-intelligent in his own way, but his social intelligence is abysmal. He probably didn't really mean to insult the mechanic, but he's just so bad at dealing with people sometimes that he says things in the wrong way. I...

It's a gift......and a curse!