Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I prefer to think of it as wisdom is what you know intrinsically, education is what you have learned, intelligence is your capacity for learning


Nice summary, but I dislike the fact that education has made the default understanding of these categories to be about retaining information/knowledge rather that your ability to compute/reason/intuit.

Yes, familiarity with a field should improve skill, but I like to think that one can be smart, intelligent or wise in a situation that does not involve previous information about it.

Someone exposed to a brand new game or puzzle can be smart, intelligent or wise in solving it separately (to some degree) from having prior information.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: