> > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:53:12 -0700 > From: Jon Cox <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] How to increase your intelligence > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > 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
Great differentiation. But I think wisdom requires a more subtle mind and therefore the assumption is that is is harder to acquire, relative to intelligence which can (brute force) be acquired through all the things Andrea lists out in her column. I loved the piece btw and forwarded it to my friends. But to paraphrase a Hindi film dialogue "Wisdom tho bahut dhoor hai. Pehle intelligence chahiye." > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > silklist mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist > > > End of silklist Digest, Vol 17, Issue 12 > ****************************************
