My own 2 cents
And that's about all its worth for the most part, I think, but it's up to you to decide.
After just reading through this forum I have to honestly say that Peter, you're not very skilled when it comes to defending or explaining your philosophy. Not once did you explain even come close to talking about a viable question that someone has posed. It's rather sad. I don't pretend to be a philosophic type of person. Personally I'd prefer being under the hood of a car working on something that has definite answers and tangible parts. But every so often I enjoy jumping into these types of conversations.
I do agree with you, being familiar with something does give us intelligence IN THAT SUBJECT. But when most people refer to intelligence they are not referring to any specific subject, which is what I believe to be the largest problem in thread. You seem to be referring to familiarity in subjects, but you can't be familiar with all subjects. Intelligence has already been defined quite a few times so I won't bother posting it again. I agree that you are correct to a degree. But true intelligence spans beyond just a particular subject.
Philisophicus, I honestly have to agree with most other people in the fact that you really are just trying to put yourself up on a pedestal above everyone else to just make yourself feel better for whatever reason. I'd like to have a nice discussion about religion with you at some point but I have a feeling you ARE a concrete wall on that topic (as are most people, religious or non for that matter).
Also, having poetry that's acclaimed to be "great", is hardly as a task worth writing home about. I've been on poetry.com quite a few times and you could write "I like to live, living is fun" and it would be a hit in seconds on that site. I'm not denouncing some of the poets that frequent that site; I'm merely saying you're basing your "greatness in poetry" on people that range from 5 years old to a 58yr old in the penitentiary. I think you have some decent ideas, I even like some of them, but even being intelligent doesn't call for self-promotion or being pompous.
Hope you all have a good day and enjoy your discussion 🙂
And always remember, Philisophicus... No matter what YOU do, think, or say... you'll only end up in one place... the ground.