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Unlike Sheldon, Leonard, and Amy, Penny’s intelligence inThe Big Bang Theoryoften gets overlooked following her lack of formal education in physics and mathematics. While Jim Parsons’ Sheldon is more academically well-versed and has a higher IQ than that of Kaley Cuoco’s Penny, this isn’t to say the latter can’t outsmart the former.
Although Penny might not be book smart like Sheldon, who ends up nabbing the Novel prize, there have been a more than few cases in which the former outplayed the scientist, thanks to her problem-solving abilities.
Kaley Cuoco’s Penny Has Proven To Be More Street-smart Than Sheldon
Even though Sheldon is arguably the smartest among the bunch when it comes to theoretical knowledge, he isn’t exactly street-smart. On the flip side, despite just having a modest education, on several occasions, Penny has showcased impressive problem-solving skills, one example being her chess win against Leonard.
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Episode 13 of season 11,The Solo Oscillation, once again puts Penny’s out-of-the-box thinking to the forefront, as before Sheldon could come up with a solution, the former figures out that strings must be able to make knots. InThe Prestidigitation Approximation, while Sheldon struggles to figure out the secret behind Howard’s card trick and keeps on asking“How’d you do it?”, it doesn’t take Cuoco’s character to see right through it.
While there are several more examples of Penny outsmarting Sheldon streetwise,The Prestidigitation Approximationperfectly demonstrates the duo’s approaches to problems. Unlike Penny, Sheldon often limited himself to his book knowledge, while the former’s creative thinking gives her the edge over the Nobel prize winner in practical situations.
Jim Parsons Doesn’t Come Close to the Genius of Sheldon
LikeKaley Cuoco‘s Penny,Jim Parsonshimself isn’t much book smart as the actor’sTBBTcounterpart. Although theHomestarclarifiedthat he isn’t stupid, he doesn’t come close to the geniuses of Sheldon Cooper.
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Although some fans speculated that the actor would’ve learned a thing or two after playing Sheldon for so long, per Cuoco,this wasn’t the case, as she clarified none of them acquired any knowledge of science.
No… I would like to pretend I could, and the guys on the show like to say they’ve learned things… they haven’t learned anything. It is all bs. I mean we have real people there who have actual real brains who write all of that stuff. We, not so much. We just say what’s on the page and do the best we can to get through.
On top of that, Parsons also doesn’t share Sheldon’s passion for pop culture, as heconfessedto having not watchedStar TrekandDoctor Who, two IPs that hisTBBTcounterpart absolutely adores.
The Big Bang Theoryis available to stream on Max.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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