> On 19 Oct 2018, at 21:39, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 3:09 PM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I never judge the intelligence from the result of test. > > If not by behavior then how do you determine intelligence in others?
I can’t, unless locally when the other acts stupidly. But that would be a personal impression that I would keep to myself, and use for personal consumption, so to speak. > You must have some way because I am certain at some point in your life you > have met people you consider intelligent and people you have considered > stupid. Yes, although not in any definitive way. But yes, some people do the same mistake again and again. Like Camus said “stupidity always persists”. > > > Intelligence is a state of mind. Stupidity is mainly an insult. > > If intelligence exists then its opposite stupidity does too. Nobody likes to > be called stupid but it is a objective fact, or at least a theory so strong > it can be effectively treated as one, that some people are stupider than > others. For example, Donald Trump is stupider than Carl Gauss was. I am not sure we can compare them. Gauss was a big mathematician, and certainly more competent than Trump at it. Trump might fake its stupidity, he is a great comedian, but why claim that he is stupid. As far as I can see he is succeeding in its task (which I might not entirely appreciate, but that is different. Bruno > > John K Clark > >> > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list > <https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
