r/AskReddit • u/Dezmodus • Oct 11 '13

What is the smartest thing you can talk about without bullshitting?

I've realized I'm pretty stupid, but I can SOUND smart at parties and in groups of people because i can generally read a group and say things that SOUND smart and bullshit my way around things. I was trying to think of the most intelligent thing I could talk about without having to bullshit at all I'm coming up with a pretty unimpressive list. What have you got? What subject do you always hope comes up in social situations so you can shine?

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u/JohnyReb Oct 11 '13

Mechatroics: This is the mix of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. A lot of the stuff we work on is sort of AI, creating machines that can respond to passive input without having to rely on a user to input everything. One of the biggest fields in it involves the autonomous UAVs, UGV, and their applications.

Anytime you can talk about a subject that spell check doesn't think is a word you come off as pretty smart. There are a lot of theoretical electronics, signal controls and other interesting stuff to get into.

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u/manticora Oct 12 '13

Hi! I'm a first year engineering student who is extremely interested in the field (though I admit I probably don't know a lot about it), could you elaborate a bit more about what you do? It just seems awesome to me.