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Don’t confuse knowledge with intelligence. Knowing what a trireme isn’t a sign of intelligence, it’s trivia. Being able to figure out how to build a trireme i
by bena 1y ago
Don’t confuse knowledge with intelligence.
Knowing what a trireme isn’t a sign of intelligence, it’s trivia.
Being able to figure out how to build a trireme is intelligence.
And I don’t mean looking up instructions and doing, I mean being able to reconstruct the knowledge from baser principles. This is not to say you or your son aren’t intelligent, just that knowing about triremes isn’t a sign of it.
- robwwilliams 1y agoJust a funny story. Exposure to vocabulary is an important factor in learning to think.
- machomaster 1y agoHas nothing to do with IQ. Knowing fancy words can only fool some people to think that the speaker is smarter; but it won't influence the actual IQ.