Smart of Stupid?

So I'm reading this book right now called "The Pig That Wants to be Eaten" (book review to come! Stay tuned!) Anyhoo this book is basically a compilation of situations thought up by philosophers over the centuries, which are designed solely for the purpose of making you think. The book refers to these situations as "thought experiments".

After reading a few of them, I felt somewhat inspired and while on a caffeine high (i dont usually drink coffee by the way, but its been a grueling week) I came up with one of my own.

Here goes:

Smartness. The concept of being smart. A smart person is considered smart because there are other people to compare that person against. If this person knows more than the people around them, they are smarter. If they know less then they are considered stupider (for lack of a better term). Right? But since this concept is based on comparison, consider the following.
Suppose that since the beginning of time, there only ever existed one person.

Without anyone to compare this person against, would this person be considered smart or stupid?

1st day at the new job!

Started at Boeing today!! Well, not a paid position just yet. Just a 6 week work experience for my education. But hey, I got my foot in the door to the greatest company ever. Word to the wise, WORK AT BOEING!! The benefits are crazy! 100% everything! dental, ortho, optical, you name it, its covered! PLUS they have an on site recreation centre / gym. They also have a cafeteria that serves premium quality food at dirt cheap prices. AND to top it all off when you are employed at Boeing, if ever you feel the need to get higher education related to the company, THEY WILL PAY 100% OF YOUR TUITION!!! Like say you wanted to take Engineering at the U of M to become an aerospace engineer... Normally it would cost you what? 10,000 bucks? Not as a Boeing employee! They pay all of it! ALL OF IT!!! And all you need to work there is that AMMOP program at Tec Voc. A 1 year program that is FREE! So if you think about it, altogether its a free ride to an Engineering degree!! *hyperventilating* hehe sorry I just had to get that out of my system. I really REALLY hope this work experience thing leads to an actual job there.. if I get in, I'm set FOR LIFE... =)