What is a very intelligent person?

[Kennigit]

I'd say someone who is very good at understanding ordering arguments ("root cause")

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Anyone that isn't me.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Avoiding this thread

From this we could conclude you aren't a very intelligent person.

And neither is anyone that posts in this thread.

Wait that includes me....I don't like where this is going

 

[Perfection]

I don't like where this is going

learn to enjoy it

 

[Joecoolyo]

Up to a level, i agree. But i don't think that anyone can reach the same high level in anything, provided they trained hard. Eg i would not get to be Michael Jordan even if i trained in B-ball 24/7 as a child.

I think you could.

I mean, how do you think he got to the level he did? He wasn't born with it, that's for sure.

Though I do agree that there are minute differences between people that can nudge them to be better than others, genetic thinks like height and such. But underlying all that, I still believe anyone is capable of anything, or can be "intelligent" at anything if they put their mind to it.

 

[Gori the Grey]

His or her seeing things the way I do is a remarkably reliable index.

 

[Kyriakos]

From this we could conclude you aren't a very intelligent person.

And neither is anyone that posts in this thread.

Wait that includes me....I don't like where this is going

We are all very special here

 

[gay_Aleks]

You mean we're severely crippled mental hospital patients that are stuck here as a part of an experimental program for curing mental diseases?

 

[Kyriakos]

You mean we're severely crippled mental hospital patients that are stuck here as a part of an experimental program for curing mental diseases?

And some of us even repressed all that to the point they think they are the asylum staff instead

 

[Perfection]

Shhhhhhh don't say anything or they'll up your dosage.

Edit: 47,000

 

[gay_Aleks]

They still don't beat the guys who think they're the director.

"I am the Director!"
"No, I am the Director!"
"No, you're the executive Director!"

 

[Perfection]

What's that from?

 

[sophie]

Intelligence is:

a) Curiosity: the innate desire to expand one's knowledge
b) Imagination, as described by Doyle:

"See the value of imagination," said Holmes. "It is the one quality which Gregory lacks. We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified."

c) Creativity: The ability to look at things through lenses other than one's own, and the ability to express them to others in innovative or interesting ways

Intelligence is not:
Knowledge of arbitrarily or subjectively important trivia

 

[gay_Aleks]

What's that from?

From my mind. Sadly. It's a rather bad joke on the whole "executive" title.

 

[Perfection]

@Owen

What's the difference between creativity and imagination?

 

[Kyriakos]

I was hoping that Tolni was alluding to The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether1, but it seems it is not the case. Although my own Kettle animated emoticon is still tied to that Poe short story about an asylum

 

[luiz]

What would you say is the basic/needed requirements for a person to be called very intelligent

Agreeing with me at least 75% of the time.

 

[sophie]

@Owen

What's the difference between creativity and imagination?

Hm, I suppose they can be more or less interchangeable. To me creativity is more about the manner in which an idea is expressed whereas imagination is the supposition/creation of the idea itself.

There are many intelligent artists who have managed to express simple or mundane ideas/emotions in a very interesting or captivating way. Just as there have been many intelligent individuals who have very deep thoughts but are unable to express or explain them to anybody but themselves.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Intelligence is:

a) Curiosity: the innate desire to expand one's knowledge
b) Imagination, as described by Doyle:

c) Creativity: The ability to look at things through lenses other than one's own, and the ability to express them to others in innovative or interesting ways

Intelligence is not:
Knowledge of arbitrarily or subjectively important trivia

Curiosity is curiosity, imagination is imagination, creativity is creativity, and you described all three well. I also applaud your description of what intelligence is not.

However, intelligence is just a measure of the rate at which material is learned. If you present two people with a pile of 'arbitrarily important' information, the more intelligent person will retain more of it.

The importance or usefulness of intelligence is vastly overblown. Less intelligence can easily be compensated for by applying more time to learning, and no amount of intelligence can compensate for not having been exposed to the information that is relevant to a given situation.

 

[timtofly]

@Owen

What's the difference between creativity and imagination?

Practice and theory?