> On 27 Nov 2014, at 7:28 pm, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sometimes intelligence itself can be an handicap for getting the competence. > A stupid student can study the course better than a clever student, because > the clever student want to understand the details, and get stuck on > philosophical question, where the stupid student will have no problem > remembering by heart definition, and training itself to solve problems, not > even seeing that the method assumes a lot. The clever one will think to the > case where the method does not apply, and get stuck in trying to find a > better method, and fail to be able to solve the problem in the easy case, > because he is too much ambitious, and want a general method, with a proper > justification.
I cannot see how anyone could not go along with this. This is a description of "The Intelligence Trap" and it has been defined in precisely this way by de Bono. Clever people are often stymied by their speed of operation. They lack humility and the ability to doubt their own beliefs and conclusions. Less clever types think more slowly and carefully because they doubt their intelligence is accurate when driven at high speed. You can own a Ferrari and wrap it and yourself around a tree by allowing your self-belief to drive the car rather than respond more cautiously to the dynamic environment through which you are moving. Or, you might own a clapped-out Deux-Chevaux and drive it at 30 clicks everywhere. You arrive late and infuriate other drivers along the way, but the difference is you arrive, whereas the Ferrari driver is dead. Kim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
