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Small sample size, ambiguous term, self-reporting... There's not a lot of meat to chew on here. I would posit that wisdom is taking the appropriate situation to
by vonnik 10y ago
Small sample size, ambiguous term, self-reporting... There's not a lot of meat to chew on here. I would posit that wisdom is taking the appropriate situation to achieve one's goals, as well as having the right goals. Obviously that leaves a lot of wiggle room, but language allows us to talk about wisdom in terms that are difficult to test or even agree on. Nonetheless, if we accept that definition, then someone's wisdom probably has a lot to do with how experienced they are in certain contexts; i.e. how many tools have they developed to navigate those contexts. Which would make wisdom, in practice, pretty contingent. Well socialized comes close to being wise, for a given social milieu, and that is indeed very different from having a high IQ.