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What does using the word angiosperme have to do with intelligence? I used to work in finance and those guys used all the same words I used: algorithm, runtime,

What does using the word angiosperme have to do with intelligence? I used to work in finance and those guys used all the same words I used: algorithm, runtime, microservice, you name it, but none of them had the foggiest idea what any of it meant. There's no correlation at all between vocabulary used and intelligence. More intelligent people will actually use a smaller vocabulary if anything.

int0x81 7y ago
Yes declarative knowledge is totally overrated. Procedural knowledge is the hard part. I think the "elites", who are of lower intelligence[1] and only fit for parroting half understood declarative knowledge, have successfully managed to manipulate public opinion that declarative knowledge is superior to actually knowing how something works. [1] They have high psychological/manipulative intelligence though, which is needed to convince others to do the actual work.
- beat 7y ago
  I'm always cautious about making assumptions of "intelligence" from the outside, for people who have expertise or experience that I don't have. Back in the Reagan days, it came out that his presidential decision-making process for most things was to get it on a one-page memo with a yes/no checkbox. Boy howdy, did we have a lot of fun mocking that idiot who didn't know what he was signing! A lifetime later, I've come to realize that was a brilliant strategy on his part. He didn't waste time on deep study of every little thing that needed his decisions all the time. He surrounded himself with trusted advisors who could neatly sum up the pros and cons for him, so he could focus on the decision, not the analysis. I thought Reagan was an idiot, because I was an idiot.
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tstrimple 7y ago
There is a strong correlation between vocabulary and intelligence though. It's why there is a vocabulary element to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. I really doubt that most intelligent people use a smaller vocabulary because it's inefficient when compared to using more specialized words. You can convey more meaning to people with similar levels of understanding in fewer words. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15773700 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15773700

int0x81 7y ago

Yes declarative knowledge is totally overrated. Procedural knowledge is the hard part. I think the "elites", who are of lower intelligence[1] and only fit for parroting half understood declarative knowledge, have successfully managed to manipulate public opinion that declarative knowledge is superior to actually knowing how something works. [1] They have high psychological/manipulative intelligence though, which is needed to convince others to do the actual work.

beat 7y ago
I'm always cautious about making assumptions of "intelligence" from the outside, for people who have expertise or experience that I don't have. Back in the Reagan days, it came out that his presidential decision-making process for most things was to get it on a one-page memo with a yes/no checkbox. Boy howdy, did we have a lot of fun mocking that idiot who didn't know what he was signing! A lifetime later, I've come to realize that was a brilliant strategy on his part. He didn't waste time on deep study of every little thing that needed his decisions all the time. He surrounded himself with trusted advisors who could neatly sum up the pros and cons for him, so he could focus on the decision, not the analysis. I thought Reagan was an idiot, because I was an idiot.

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tstrimple 7y ago

There is a strong correlation between vocabulary and intelligence though. It's why there is a vocabulary element to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. I really doubt that most intelligent people use a smaller vocabulary because it's inefficient when compared to using more specialized words. You can convey more meaning to people with similar levels of understanding in fewer words. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15773700 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15773700