In trying to understand intelligence vs. smart, who do you find in history was intelligent or smart?
You can use anyone today also. But historical may have more information? This could help know for me anyway, what this is about?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I did a podcast on this subject.
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2dimwits
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Apr 13, 2019
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Jacob Bronowski was both, any of the historical Polymaths were both.
SIMONTACCHI
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Apr 12, 2019
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Intelligent has to do with cognitive abilities and can be tracked by IQ test. Smart has to do with common sense and better described by EQ or how well you relate to other people. Also the former is left brain (expert knowledge) vs the later being right brain (wisdom). Intelligent is vertical (specific) while smart is horizontal (breath of knowledge). IMHO. An obtuse person may be an expert (intelligent) but yet lack wisdom (dumb).
2dimwits
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Apr 11, 2019
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smart is what you know, Intelligence is how you use what you know.
Dutch
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Apr 11, 2019
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Dutch, largely agree. Smart usually has an academic context (scores well on tests). Intelligence adds application of the smarts (scores well on the meaningful, think of a successful businessman). Wisdom gives application altitude (score well on providing leadership or insights or ideas etc, often comes with age and experience, think of a philosopher IE Stefan Molyneux or founders of IDW). Suspect these do not line up with a dictionary description. Thinking more how they manifest today in common usage. Open to feedback and clarification. Like him or hate him Trump has at minimum the first two and likely the third (if you ignore his packaging and presentation he has beat the odds over and over).
A slight lateral slide on the question. I worked with a Chinese guy who made me realize something.
Being absolutely on top of your technical subject and working your ass off is almost indistinguishable from genius.
Penrodster
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Apr 11, 2019
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