Mmmkay, let me say something right quick. People use the word intelligent very often do they not? It has become a household word, not quite the taboo it once was. I see this as a problem. Just like hate and love, intelligent expresses something on a higher level than many people can contrive. It is becoming watered down, paving the way for nothing more than a lowered expectation of the levels of intelligence people actually have.
Next topic being, smart and intelligent are two different things. They are tied together yes, but they are not the same. Smart, the way I see it, is things you know. What you've learned in your life, and the breadth of your knowledge. Intelligence is better described as the ABILITY to learn. Your ability to comprehend and understand these things you are attempting to 'smarten' yourself with.
Now I have a question for you, what IS intelligence? Is it nothing more than a completely abstract term used to describe mental capabilities? Or can it be written off by the physical competency of your brain, ie your fluid and crystalised intelligence. Is there some limitation to the prospects of intelligence that bind us to what can see before our eyes? OR is it the ability to reach into the expanse of the unknown, things we could otherwise never grasp? Useful as it seems, could it not as well have an adverse effect on our psychological development? I dont only mean this in saying that some people think too hard, even though that may also contirbute. I'm saying that in some; no, many; ways, a higher capacity for intelligence may hinder our grasp of less complicated ideas or concepts, thinking them to be inferior simply because they are not held at a standard you are accustomed to. It could also damper our memory, because of other activity constantly consuming our thoughts. (guilty
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To sum it all up, and in the simplest terms possible; what is intelligence?
Next topic being, smart and intelligent are two different things. They are tied together yes, but they are not the same. Smart, the way I see it, is things you know. What you've learned in your life, and the breadth of your knowledge. Intelligence is better described as the ABILITY to learn. Your ability to comprehend and understand these things you are attempting to 'smarten' yourself with.
Now I have a question for you, what IS intelligence? Is it nothing more than a completely abstract term used to describe mental capabilities? Or can it be written off by the physical competency of your brain, ie your fluid and crystalised intelligence. Is there some limitation to the prospects of intelligence that bind us to what can see before our eyes? OR is it the ability to reach into the expanse of the unknown, things we could otherwise never grasp? Useful as it seems, could it not as well have an adverse effect on our psychological development? I dont only mean this in saying that some people think too hard, even though that may also contirbute. I'm saying that in some; no, many; ways, a higher capacity for intelligence may hinder our grasp of less complicated ideas or concepts, thinking them to be inferior simply because they are not held at a standard you are accustomed to. It could also damper our memory, because of other activity constantly consuming our thoughts. (guilty
)To sum it all up, and in the simplest terms possible; what is intelligence?
