Codelyy 1,289 September 25, 2020 Author Share September 25, 2020 Can I respond to this? xD 14 year old me is basically a different person to 21 year old me. I think it's hard to answer "my own question" cause there are different forms of intelligence, plus being knowledgeable about a subject doesn't exactly make you intelligent automatically. Intelligence is based on a lot of different things which while can include knowledge, includes stuff like maturity, common sense, creativity, etc I remember writing this back when I was kinda obsessed with the idea of seeming intelligent. I used to think becoming a programmer was a good way to make myself seem intelligent but even though I'm a full-time games programmer now, I learnt that it really doesn't. Thank you Cherribomb for the Signature! https://twitter.com/Codelyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,593 September 25, 2020 Share September 25, 2020 I can count backwards from 100 to 1, without thinking. I cannot say the alphabet backwards though. But that still makes me intelligent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissus 356 September 27, 2020 Share September 27, 2020 Being better versed in one subject over another doesn't equate to higher intelligence. It's just a more expansive knowledge in one area. Intelligence should be measured in how well someone processes knowledge overall rather than how good they are at any one thing. Savants can be geniuses at one thing and nothing else but that doesn't necessarily gain them recognition as particularly intelligent. Intelligence, knowledge and skill are different matters altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawdeen 20,239 Monday at 12:46 PM Share Monday at 12:46 PM Bold of you to assume I'm smart 2 1 *Cult Classic But I Still Pop* *Tonight, I’ll Be Crooked* *That Clawdeen Espresso* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov 1,716 Monday at 01:52 PM Share Monday at 01:52 PM Intelligence is about dryly memorising and parroting outdated textbooks and following instructions unquestioningly and the more parroting and obeying you do the more intelligentsier you are. 3 "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readers Longhaul 8,054 Monday at 01:59 PM Readers Share Monday at 01:59 PM I've known people that have great knowledge about certain things and yet they were still dumb as a bowl of rocks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iforgotmybrain 6,952 Monday at 11:42 PM Share Monday at 11:42 PM I'd say my brain, but, well... you know. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplosionMare 21,317 18 hours ago Share 18 hours ago Being able to form my own opinions and not care about "majority rules" in ever scenario. 1 Boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readers Longhaul 8,054 17 hours ago Readers Share 17 hours ago I know a lot of stuff, but I don't know if that qualifies me as intelligent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 179,551 16 hours ago Share 16 hours ago @Clawdeen told me I was smart once. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawdeen 20,239 16 hours ago Share 16 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said: @Clawdeen told me I was smart once. You are smart bestie! 2 *Cult Classic But I Still Pop* *Tonight, I’ll Be Crooked* *That Clawdeen Espresso* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 179,551 16 hours ago Share 16 hours ago 1 minute ago, Clawdeen said: You are smart bestie! You’re smart, too, Bestie! (Told ya she said it once.😜) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypty Scribbles 6,403 14 hours ago Share 14 hours ago O! That's simple. Glasses make me look intelligent as hemp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Light 643 14 hours ago Share 14 hours ago intelligence is a vague, small net that gets tossed into a large and diverse pool :3 there aren't specific onsie-twosie things that make someone intelligent. i kinda detest the categorization, to be perfectly honest >:3c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 179,551 13 hours ago Share 13 hours ago (edited) Seriously, I think people have different levels of knowledge on specific subjects and whatnot so that makes them intelligent about certain things such as a hobby or interest. Edited 13 hours ago by Sparklefan1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Sky 855 11 hours ago Share 11 hours ago When we seek to define intelligence, we limit it. So then we have to devise other categories of intelligence, and compare and contrast them against each other. . ..even though they all share the quality of intelligence, regardless of the differences the various types give rise to. The trick, I think, might lie in the fact that trying to define intelligence is not much different from trying to define consciousness. The definition of consciousness is. Yes. Exactly. You already know it when you see it, if you're reading this. But something about putting it into words never seems to compute entirely. Therefore, if we cannot decisively define consciousness, we're only going to do marginally better with decisively defining intelligence. And if that is so, how can we really separate the various types of intelligence that we've come up with into a neat and tidy hierarchy? Being visually oriented and having a sense for the subtleties of aesthetics is not less profound than being good with math. Human society may prize an intelligence relating to people, math, engineering or science, but that's pretty arbitrary, even if it is efficient. What kinds of faculties and talents we possess, and the training we get to hone those abilities doesn't fundamentally change or prove anything about how the world is. They just all do something unique to help us survive and to make survival worth bothering with. I'd say all intelligence is preferable to ignorance. Intelligence, properly marshalled, can at least potentially help us to accomplish things that might be worth doing. Ignorance can only shield us from things we don't want to see. Find out what you're best at and develop it to the fullest. Don't bother over whether your painting stacks up against the moon landing. Someone else will see to whatever you can't. That's the magic of diversity, if we don't crush it whenever it starts to emerge. 1 FRIENDSHIP FINDS A WAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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