Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder...
by bena on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:39PM
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I've met people who were more or less knowledgeable in certain areas, yes. I've met people who were more or less skilled in certain areas, yes.
But for people who I would consider as intelligent, it's not a result of just knowledge. Or just skills.
I would trust their ability to "get" concepts they've been previously ignorant of relatively quickly. The wheels just spin faster.
And a lot like height, there's diminishing returns and what not. I can get a step ladder, then being tall is just a fact. Being intelligent can help you get a concept quicker, but once we both understand it, there's no effective difference.
But no one gets defensive about height. Or strength. Or anything with visible qualifiers. Which is funny, because intelligent people are better at thinking in the abstract and intelligence and the results of it are abstract.
But for people who I would consider as intelligent, it's not a result of just knowledge. Or just skills.
I would trust their ability to "get" concepts they've been previously ignorant of relatively quickly. The wheels just spin faster.
And a lot like height, there's diminishing returns and what not. I can get a step ladder, then being tall is just a fact. Being intelligent can help you get a concept quicker, but once we both understand it, there's no effective difference.
But no one gets defensive about height. Or strength. Or anything with visible qualifiers. Which is funny, because intelligent people are better at thinking in the abstract and intelligence and the results of it are abstract.