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Humans are terrible at pretty much everything except what they are specifically highly trained in. von Neuman was a genius, but he also actively promoted nucle
by idontwantthis 5y ago
Humans are terrible at pretty much everything except what they are specifically highly trained in.
von Neuman was a genius, but he also actively promoted nuclear war. Does that mean he is or is not intelligent? Do you think in a world where von Neuman got to nuke the USSR in 1950, we would be happy we gave him the keys?
- eru 5y agoIgnore von Neumann, he was just an example. Basically, with the definition as given in the comment, only whatever matches up with the smartest thing around would count as intelligent. (Whether that's the smartest thing currently around, or the smartest thing possible even in theory isn't quite clear.) In any case, von Neumann was definitely extremely intelligent for a human. Don't conflate intelligence with wisdom, or with having goals that align with yours.