it can be scary knowing you are the most intelligent person in the room

Work does sometimes look like that.

When I worked for a state bureaucracy, they announced promotions over the intercom. When one particular name was confirmed as being promoted to manager, one caseworker responded by jumping up on his chair and shouting, “You have GOT to be sh**ting me.”

Does you think that the work environment at your place of employment seems dumbed down?