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An important component to intelligence is self regulation. If anxiety or fear sizes you your cognition gets severely impaired. You can see this in professional
by taopai 3y ago
An important component to intelligence is self regulation. If anxiety or fear sizes you your cognition gets severely impaired.
You can see this in professionals. My uncle is a remarkable lawyer. He was responsible for very important clients and has steel nerves but he is unable to do math. I know he is very intelligent in general but his emotions doesn't let him learn math. Since he was a child he associated maths with high anxiety because his father was an engineer who got angry and frustrated when he tried to push maths to his son.
But in general sense I think the abstract concept intelligence doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is what you do, not your potential.
- torcete 3y agoYour comment diverges from what I actually meant, but it's actually very interesting. I believe that part of the process of maturing is to master your emotions. Don't repress them but acknowledge them. They are there, but you don't need to let them lead your live. I think lots of people suffer from emotional traumas like your uncle's, me being one of them. And a lot of people are no even aware of them. Introspection is actually not that easy.