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You didn't answer my point.

If you read my message carefully, you'll see that I didn't make claims about talking DOWN to others and assuming that the others are dumb.

I said that very intelligent people often don't realize that they're talking over other people's heads (e.g. big words) or try to apply logic to a discussion in a way that doesn't make sense to others. The effect is to be seen as arrogant or egotistical, when this was not at all the case.

You are not responsible for how other people feel... and you have no control over that, anyway. They do.