Anish,
> >You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways
> >to maximize your cognitive potential
>
> Hurray there is some hope for me to improve :)
I like Wikipedia definition of "wisdom":
Wisdom is a deep understanding and realizing of people, things,
events or situations, resulting in the ability to choose or act
to consistently produce the optimum results with a minimum of
time and energy. It is the ability to optimally (effectively
and efficiently) apply perceptions and knowledge and so produce
the desired results. Wisdom is also the comprehension of what
is true or right coupled with optimum judgment as to action.
Synonyms include: sagacity, discernment, or insight. Wisdom
often requires control of one's emotional reactions (the
"passions") so that one's principles, reason and knowledge
prevail to determine one's actions.
Here's the definition of "intelligence" provided by in an
editorial entitled "Mainstream Science on Intelligence
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Science_on_Intelligence )
A very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the
ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend
complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It is not
merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts.
Rather, it reflects a broader and deeper capability for comprehending
our surroundings--"catching on," "making sense" of things, or "figuring
out" what to do.
To delineate the definition of "intelligence" from "wisdom"
more cleanly, perhaps that last sentence should be changed to
"figuring out what CAN be done".
Hmm.... Now I'm reminded of a poster I saw at a protest:
"smart bombs, foolish leaders". :)
Cheers,
-Jon
