People with Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior General Knowledge

Re:People with Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior G... by anoncake on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:01PM (#20125913)

> Also (3) I don't get, because while I am extremely motivated by intellectual curiosity, I have maybe zero motivation to "develop my intelligence" like it was some kind of fitness thing.

What's the difference between curiosity and a drive to develop your (crystallized) intelligence?

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Re:People with Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior G... by Isamu on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:51PM (#20126500)

I mean I'm not driven to be "smarter", whatever that is. I am immersed in finding out more about everything that interests me.

Like I don't read to be well read. I don't listen to news to be informed. I read and listen out of my interests.

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Re:People with Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior G... by evandev on Friday June 07, 2019 @02:52PM (#20127549)

And during the process of learning what interests you, do you ever find that something tangentially related, you don't fully understand and should learn more about it.

I don't think anyone literally thinks, I need to know this to improve my intelligence as it is a weakness. It's usually more abstract.

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Re:People with Greater Intellectual Humility Have Superior G... by ddingus on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:28PM (#20126831)

Most of us are smart enough. Really, most things come down to doing the work, and doing it for reasons that make sense.

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