Alot of people seem to think so, in all my experience if havent seen any evidence of people being "naturally " smart. I prove this all the the time when I ask hese so called girfeted people about things they have no knowlede on. In my opinion smartness is at least 95% mental condition. To me anyone can learn something if they are taught properly or they use proper study techniques, However I beleive the only difference between smart ppl and avg people is just hat they just apply themselves better. It just really annoys me when they put smart people on a pedestal saying things like "O wow he is soo smart is which I was born with his brain," or people bragging about their IQ saying they are so smart. Smartness is a variable it is volatile subject and change and something that is acquired through reading and internalizing.