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I agree with most of the above, but there is one part I think overlooked,  smart implies clever, cagey, streetwise etc, educated or not, well-educated implies an ability to learn, but not necessarily an ability to implement the learning that you received.  Many people are very good at taking test and learning from a book but lousy at performing what they  learned.  I think emotional intelligence, that ability to withstand pressures and stresses of a task is the the key to balance learning and implementing that learning for  what is termed "success", but is no guarantee of that.  Mr shank, in his own way describes exactly what I am referring to, a smart person learns how  to win over people with an emotional intelligence that cannot be taught, so he perceives them as arrogant and egotistical, which may or may not be true. It may be Mr Shanks own prejucide if , for instance he has an axe to grind with academic types that my have wronged him, so he resorts to name-calling.  Understandable, but to achieve ones goals, diplomacy is the smart thing to do, not engage in namecalling which is meaniless to the question.  Also, it is an inherited, nurtured commodity, that has to come from genes of intelligent people whose offspring inherit certain qualities like curiousity, likeabliltiy, personality, and gain it by being raised in a stable home that nurtures the learning process and ambition.  You have heard "a mind is a terrible thing to waste", there are smart criminals, smart, intelligent rocket scientists, actors who appear smart and intelligent, but are parroting lines written for them and are as dumb as stump about other things.  Summing up, Smart is a balance of native intelligence and emotional stability that either is educated or not, that allows them the ability to make educated choices that will move them forward beneficially. Well-educated can mean all of what I just said and they were smart enough to want more, thus education is only a tool to measure mock performance of subjects that depending on the educator, either is behind current information in what's happening in a certain field.  Well-educated in of itself can mean everything or absolutely nothing if you find that you chose wrong, the wrong career, the wrong suit you were strongest in,  One can be regarded as well-educated who skated through school not cracking a book, but manipulating, cheating, charming profs (I think of Ted Bundy) a man well educated and smart, but a diabolical killer, not a great career choice.  Thanks for a good question, a difficult complex question that required a slightly longer answer, and just barely touched the subject in it's intricacies  Good answers from all, and Ed I meant no disrespect, but why would you toss a blanket over all educated or most and call them morons,?  School and education as rule does not produce morons, unless they flat dont give a rip and attitude and demeanor become the dominant theme in their lives.  You don't need to respond, as you must have your reasons.  woofer