Wisdom vs Intelligence
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cubsfan6506
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Intelligence wisdom can be gained intelligence can not.
Xanikk999
History junkie
Wisdom can be gained, but intellegence is hard to improve if you dont have it.
Urederra
Mostly harmless
Ditto. With a period after Intelligence.
Intelligent.
A wise man can't discover the secrets of the universe outside of what he experiences.
A wise man can't discover the secrets of the universe outside of what he experiences.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Having both I would have to say I get far more milage out of wisdom than I do intelligence. Lack of intelligence can always be offset by perserverance, lack of wisdom means you are a fool no matter how smart you are.
Xanikk999
History junkie
MobBoss
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LucyDuke
staring at the clock
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Actually, I think they tend to reinforce each other.
One or the other? I'll take intelligence, I think, because curiosity is something I value very highly and it correlates better with intelligence than wisdom. I'd rather keep figuring things out than just understand things.
One or the other? I'll take intelligence, I think, because curiosity is something I value very highly and it correlates better with intelligence than wisdom. I'd rather keep figuring things out than just understand things.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Ah...but you forget...curiosity killed the cat. Not very wise.
Xanikk999
History junkie
Dude thats just a stupid phrase. Very rarely does that apply to real life.
A wiseman doesnt live by his phrasebook and looks at real world situations.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
Are you calling me a cat?
No, but seriously, if you're knocking curiosity, you're demonstrating yourself to be a lot less intelligent than you like to claim.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Ah...such stupid phrases generally have a factual history in regards to them. Thats what makes them memorable.
And yes, too much curiosity can indeed land one in trouble.
Wise phrases apply just as much today as they ever have.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Curiosity is what leads little kids to eat paint chips and drink poison or fall through thin ice. It can be a dangerous two edged sword.
And if you fail to recognize that, then you are a lot less intelligent that you like to claim.
Sure, curiosity can be the spark that leads to invention, but it can also be the spark that leads to an early death.
Xanikk999
History junkie
Too much of many good things can kill you. And being curious and inventive is not the same as being curious like sticking your head in a trash compacter.
You need to distinguish between the two.
Some of them do for very limited situations. But condemning curiousity by spouting a little phrase is stupid because doesnt look at the whole picture.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Actually, being curious is exactly like both of those.
I am not condeming curiosity, but merely pointing out, correctly, that it can be as much a destructive force as it can be a positive force.
psweetman1590
Emperor
Why not just refute the phrase with another?
"Curiosity killed the cat, but it works for everyone else." Mark Twain.
"Curiosity killed the cat, but it works for everyone else." Mark Twain.
There's an error in your sentence: You're missing "all". We surely know quite a lot about the universe, but of course it's absurd to assume that we'd discover all of it - by "secrets of the universe", I'm talking about the various phenomena that we can try to understand. And that requires intelligence - wisdom can be gained from that knowledge, but intelligence is a necessary condition to get that knowledge in the first place.A true wise man accepts the fact that he wont ever know the secrets of the universe.
Could I put this in my sig please?
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