>everyone confirms he is the smartest man on earth>still loses???
>>151010949high int, low wis build he's smart, but he's also arrogant and bitter which causes him to screw up >doing this would create a rift that tears the world apart->i don't care, do it
>>151010949Another Lex threadKino as always
>>151010949The smartest man is as threatening as the smartest termite when compared to a normal woman.
>>151010949Too much ego and arrogance can really fuck up the potential of a brilliant mind
>>151010984But he did that on purpose to draw superman to it, he didn’t do it by accident
>>151011058yeah, i'm aware. sorry, i realized using "screw up" in my post might've given the impression that he did it on accident. i was trying to illustrate that he was willing to go through with really insane plans that would seem suicidal just because of his hate for supermanobviously, he's smart enough to create cross-dimensional technology, and he's smart enough to know the risks with it. he's just not very wise with how he uses it
>>151010949Read up on King SolomonWisest man ever thanks to God. But he still succumbed to sin and failed because of it (in his case due to lust he took countless wives, many of these exotic wives then got him into ungodly magic and bad ideas)Lex is the same. He’s basically divinely ordained to be THE smartest person on the planet. Probably the smartest person EVER.But his core flaw of pride and the ego and jealousy it creates cause him to focus all his energy on Superman for the crime of outshining him in any way whatsoever.The fact he’s smart enough to see his own flaw, analyse it and logic his way into justifying it as not a flaw but some good thing is a reflection of a major issue of intelligence as a sole way of measuring a humanIntelligence is good. But if you are intelligent enough you can “reason” your way into believing anything. He will never listen to others telling him simple truths because he knows he is smarter than them, and can easily argue against everything they say in person or in his own mind.
>>151010949>leaves Superman in a cell with a dude who he's threatening the child of instead of just killing him>doesn't leave Ultraman down there as a guard or just make more Superman clones as security >doesn't take advantage of Rex's infinite kryptonite glitch to make a powder, cuffs or weapons"Smartest man in the world" alright
>>151011181I don't...think Metamorpho can separate morphed parts of himself like that
>>151010949Superman is an alien from another planet with super strength, able to defy physical laws. Obviously the best archer in England wouldn't stand a chance against an F-16 zooming right at them.
>>151011612Depends how high the f-16 is Also just shoot the arrow at the pilot before he gets in the plane
>>151011113Fuck off /x/ schizo. Your gods not real
>>151010949The smartest man on Earth is Batman. Lex is #2 and Terrific is #3
>>151011305I hope your kids transition someday
>>151011058But that rift was ultimately the thing that did Superman's clone in, without that its unclear how he would win(aside from the fact that Superman always wins lol)
>>151011612Batman always kick Superman's butt
>>151012196That was for charity, Martha.
>>151010949In real life intelligence is not very useful at all.The best thing to have is luck. Second best is confidence. Third best is energy, vitality. Intelligence probably doesn't even reach top 10.
>>151010949Hey Lex
>>151012138You can still use a fictional character to compare to another fictional character.
>>151013182Intelligence is insanely useful, the issue is a bunch of people of completely average intelligence think they are way smarter than they are. Everyone thinks they are above average intelligence.
>>151010949He had to be another whiny bitch because that's the only character James can write
>>151010949Mr. Terrific spelled it out, Lex uses his brains for his ego. He was willing to make a volatile wormhole machine he knew could catastrophically destroy the planet just to begin his personal plans as soon as possible and without oversight and interference.That itself illustrated it's not just a moral of the story, his indifference actively overrides his intelligence.The movie wouldn't happen if he didn't of course, but he didn't need to provoke and publicly humiliate Superman the way he did to have succeeded, and would not have had so many factors acting against him if he hadn't, but he did it because his contempt drove him to. Knowledge is power, but no amount of smarts can solve the flaws of the mind making the decisions, especially if they consider the flaws objectively good.
>>151011113this
>>151010949>???Nerds get beaten up all the time, what's the issue?
>>151011358Except when he does by reducing himself to a flying head from spraying acid.
>>151010949He was the smartest man who lost to a team of the strongest being, one of the smartest men, wielder of one of the strongest weapons, and a white woman's dog
>>151010949He can literally be replaced by Dr. Evil and nothing would change
>>151013466Honestly he only nearly succeeded because he dognapped Krypto who Lex had no idea even existed until he broke into the fortress and the Superman turned himself into Lex's custody purely to see if he'd take him to where Krypto was. If there was no Krypto, or he was with Kara that day then Superman would seethe over the message but would just fuck off for awhile until Lex made his move again and this time he wasn't half dead from Kryptonite when he fought him. The only difference is Lex's dungeon wouldn't have been found and Metamorpho would be his prisoner, but Eve still would have exposed his crimes to Jimmy which would have been enough for Superman to move on him.So actually >>151013182 is correct. Lex only nearly succeeded because he was lucky enough to hit the fortress on a day Superman was dogsitting and got the perfect hostage for Superman to turn himself in.
>>151010949Being smart doesn't always mean you'll win. Trump is an idiot yet he keeps winning.
>>151012196
>>151010949>i am ACTING
>>151011113>Lex is divinely ordained to be the smartest person on the planet.
>>151013182spoken like a true retard
>>151011305Based girl.
>>151013550>...white woman's dogTruly the most powerful of males.
>>151013615I'd would argue that he is fairly intelligent. What gets him through is charisma, it seems.
>>151014275This is true. I hate his guts now but even i can see why he is so endearing because i used to like him. Hell i even still think hes funny sometimes despite hoping his for his demise daily
>>151010949Why doesnt Lex Luthor ever get a big Jimmy Neutron head? Id believe he was smart if he had a bigger head.
Superman is originally supposed to be supersmart as one of his powers. That's how he made the robots and Fortress of Solitude. But the only place I recall seeing that used was in a Smallville book where Clark thinks about how he has to LARP as studying with his friends because he instantly learns everything in class.
>>151012138>King Solomon isn't realYou're either retarded, trolling, or from reddit. In this day and age, the line between those is very blurred
>>151013615>>151014721You missed, faggots
>>151011642Then the archer will have to know WHEN the pilot will get on the plane and if the arrow will kill him or if the pilot will wear some kind of protection. Or know where the pilot is. This would require a lot of prediction. Luther did come up with the location of Superman's hideout, because it's on Earth. But trying to study Superman is like how humans try to study Neptune despite never landing on its surface. He only knows that Kryptonite is his weakness. But to fight against an unknown alien species, you still need to take time. Humans spend centuries studying planets, yet we barely scratch the surface of non-Earth worlds. Every single time that Luther outwitted Clark was by using his attachment to human and his love for Lois and his dog.
>>151013222Sorry but theres been a religious schizo lately here alot>>151014810The jewish myth stuffs not real even if he was a real king>>151014815Third times the charm
>>151010949Because hes the kind of asshole who would call table salt 'sodium chloride' in a regular conversation and fail to consider that sales receits and cash registers are important to a business for tax calculations and budgeting just because he can do simple math and remember numeric values.
>>151010949Selective intelligence.
>>151010949He had the dumbest and most unnecessary plan in the world.
>>151014721>I hate his guts nowWhy?
>>151015422Because he ruined the economy and is fucking over the country
>>151015267What was the plan though?
>>151014275He might have been intelligent once, but these days he is an uninformed senile moron with poor impulse control. I agree that his charisma is what gets him through, his brand of genuine stupid appeals to a large segment of the population.
>>151010949>Everyone confirms he is the smartest military mind in history.>Still loses???
>>151010949He's capable of doing everything Clark can and could save the Earth, but he's too much of an insecure little bitch to share the limelight with that illegal alien. He's always going to lose because he can't get over himself.
>>151012147>muh Batman is le smartestFaggot shit>>151012148
>>151016307You are brown
>>151016541Even Luthor admitted Batman is smarter than him. Also if Batman really want to kill Superman, he'd do it years ago
>>151010949>smartest man on Earth>somehow does the dumbest shit imaginable that nearly kills all the people he was ostensibly worried about, but was actually just ego tripping and sperging out because he wanted more fame.
>>151010949>be the smartest kid in school>still get rolled every day for your lunch moneyReally makes you think, don't it?
>>151014187I'm a genius actually (IQ 169, official test). And being a genius, I've found out that it doesn't do much in normal life. I just get bored faster than other people. It's not the key to success people imagine it is, key to success is getting lucky a few times in a row in your early life.
>>151010949Being really smart doesn't matter so much when the hero is super strong, flies, and can run faster than light. The nerd is really REALLY less of a threat to the super jock here. Plus it kind of looks like Superman even has the better technology at home too. So the nerd is also secondary in the cool gadgets aspect as well.
>>151010949REX Luthor will forever be THE GOAT
>>151010949He's smart. Nobody said he was COMPETENT.
>>151014900>Julius Caesar and Emperor Nero isn't real
>>151010949Superman's sheer optimism and innate goodness towers over all seeming "intellect." Lex never had a chance
>>151010949>dumb people couldn't possibly be in charge!
>>151016437Framing Superman by stealing the message from his parents when he could have just used his Superman clone to comitt war crimes and easily get his funding for PlanetWatch.
>>151015422I voted him to kill the TPP but now he's going to sign in crappy bills like KOSA and IODA soon once Congress stops fighting over gibs
>>151010949Being scientifically smart doesn't make you a good strategist.It's not like the smartest person in the world can somehow predict all possible scenarios in global geo politics include random or wildcard variables like the Justice Gang. That what chaos theory is all about.He doesn't even know Superman identity so he wouldn't even know all the variables.
>>151013615Trump wins because he accepts reality for what it is, while the other side (especially RINOs) still clings to a fantasy version of politics where standing on principle and ignoring actual voter demands is not only rewarded but inevitable.
>>151010949BALD
>>151010949Brawn over mind
You know what a smart device is, OP? Lex is the most internet-connected person in the world. It's just not very helpful against Superman.
>>151010949He's bald
>>151010949Who's that
>>151010949What a well-dressed young man
>>151018725idk just some guy
>>151018172'Brains' was RIGHT THERE
>>151016635Karla Homolka has a higher IQ than me (I tested 120 at 14 when I was on stupid meds) and she still almost got the death penalty for the Ken and Barbie murders. IQ tests skew a lot higher than the actual intelligence of certain stupids. Also, you’re lying about your IQ score.
>>151016635>I'm a genius A genius would know better than to waste their life away on 4chan.
