5 Personality Traits of Intelligent People
They have insatiable curiosity.
Albert Einstein reportedly said, "I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious." Or, as Keyzurbur Alas puts it, "Intelligent people let themselves become fascinated by things others take for granted."Research published in 2016 suggests there's a link between childhood intelligence and openness to experience -- which encompasses intellectual curiosity -- in adulthood. Scientists followed thousands of people born in the U.K. for 50 years and learned that 11-year-olds who'd scored higher on an IQ test turned out to be more open to experience at 50.
