Originally posted by StormActing appropriately is not necessarily making the best use of available knowledge. Making the best use of available knowledge is wisdom, responding appropriately is intelligence.
Making the best use of available knowledge has been regarded as a definition of wisdom by some.
Originally posted by Regret
I do not believe this is necessarily true. I believe the two concepts to be separate and perhaps wholly unrelated. An extremely unintelligent individual can be wise, and an extremely intelligent person can be wise.
I have to disagree. Both are dependent on learning, and the more intelligent you are, the faster/better you learn (all else being equal, ie, not counting contaminating variables, like stubbornness or a learning disability).
I do feel an uneducated person can be very wise. But if one lacks intelligence to learn from the past (eg, has poor memory; doesn't see relationships between variables) and can't anticipate/plan for the future (extrapolate from the past to consider/predict pre-experienced variables and their possible relationships), then wisdom will lag.
Intelligence is knowing what to do. Wisdom is knowing how, when and why. Wisdom lets you see the bigger picture, while intelligence helps to understand the details.
Originally posted by MindshipThus, wisdom is not intelligence. Wisdom is the understanding of the proper, or appropriate, application of knowledge. Intelligence is the ability to gain knowledge. If intelligence is knowledge, you are correct. I do not believe intelligence is knowledge. Wisdom lags in your example in that the intelligence was not there for the individual to have the ability to gain the knowledge necessary to make a decision that would have been more wise given a broader knowledge base.
I have to disagree. Both are dependent on learning, and the more intelligent you are, the faster/better you learn (all else being equal, ie, not counting contaminating variables, like stubbornness or a learning disability).I do feel an uneducated person can be very wise. But if one lacks intelligence to learn from the past (eg, has poor memory; doesn't see relationships between variables) and can't anticipate/plan for the future (extrapolate from the past to consider/predict pre-experienced variables and their possible relationships), then wisdom will lag.
Intelligence is knowing what to do. Wisdom is knowing how, when and why. Wisdom lets you see the bigger picture, while intelligence helps to understand the details.
Originally posted by Regret
Thus, wisdom is not intelligence.
Wisdom is the understanding of the proper, or appropriate, application of knowledge. Intelligence is the ability to gain knowledge. If intelligence is knowledge, you are correct. I do not believe intelligence is knowledge.
Sounds like we are saying the same thing...not bad for a behaviorist and mentalist 😉
Originally posted by MindshipPerhaps we are 😉 I think oftentimes behavior analysts and mentalists say the same things, we just don't always appreciate the portions between the data and the "boiled down" conclusion that the other uses 😉
Sounds like we are saying the same thing...not bad for a behaviorist and mentalist 😉
Originally posted by Regret
Thus, wisdom is not intelligence. Wisdom is the understanding of the proper, or appropriate, application of knowledge. Intelligence is the ability to gain knowledge. If intelligence is knowledge, you are correct. I do not believe intelligence is knowledge. Wisdom lags in your example in that the intelligence was not there for the individual to have the ability to gain the knowledge necessary to make a decision that would have been more wise given a broader knowledge base.
Agreed! 😄
I would put things this way :
Intelligence defines things and attemps to put them in some form of language. Intelligence express things that already exist but are not in form of language yet.
Wisdom is about how much we really understand those things and it does not depend on one being able to define them well. It simply measures if we know those things, not if we are able to define them or not.
In other words :
Intelligence gives form to things, while wisdom understands them.
And nice way to define it Green Arrow.