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I agree. I would say intelligence is what you have naturally, education is what you acquire in school, and wisdom is what you acquire through experience. Thes
by pmiller2 5y ago
I agree. I would say intelligence is what you have naturally, education is what you acquire in school, and wisdom is what you acquire through experience. These are not interchangeable.
- jb775 5y agoI'd say smart is what you have naturally, education is what you acquire in school, intelligence is a snapshot of what you actively remember from education plus what you've learned via recent experience, and wisdom is a scratchpad where your brain makes a note whenever it comes across something that's relevant to all of the above.
- wyqydsyq 5y agoI prefer to think of it as wisdom is what you know intrinsically, education is what you have learned, intelligence is your capacity for learning
- philipswood 5y agoNice 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.
- zhoujianfu 5y agoLike the confuscious quote: By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
- beefield 5y agoI like to think that intelligence is the set of questions you can solve. Wisdom is the capability to pick the right questions.