Intelligence, Wisdom, and what comes with it

[LongBlade]

This is an interesting discussion of people with higher than average IQs.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150413-the-downsides-of-being-clever

[MetalDog]

Just from the title, I was going to say Charisma.  It is next, after all. 


Going to bed now.  I'll read it when I get home tomorrow night.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Not surprising.

[Windigo]

Its easier to ignore the stupidity if you are part of it

[Uberhaus]

This is a great article from the Beeb.

As support, a counter-argument, whatever, the article "The Outsiders":  http://prometheussociety.org/cms/index.php/articles/the-outsiders

The single greatest adjustment problem faced by the gifted, however, is their tendency to become isolated from the rest of humanity. This problem is especially acute among the exceptionally gifted. Hollingworth says: This tendency to become isolated is one of the most important factors to be considered in guiding the development of personality in highly intelligent children, but it does not become a serious problem except at the very extreme degrees of intelligence. The majority of children between 130 and 150 find fairly easy adjustment, because neighborhoods and schools are selective, so that like-minded children tend to be located in the same schools and districts. Furthermore, the gifted child, being large and strong for his age, is acceptable to playmates a year or two older. Great difficulty arises only when a young child is above 160 IQ. At the extremely high levels of 180 or 190 IQ, the problem of friendships is difficult indeed, and the younger the person the more difficult it is. The trouble decreases with age because as persons become adult, they naturally seek and find on their own initiative groups who are like-minded, such as learned societies [3, p. 264]. - See more at: http://prometheussociety.org/cms/index.php/articles/the-outsiders#sthash.1ufUPkCa.dpuf

[airboy]

There are so many different types of intelligence and aptitude. 

One example - I'm very good with statistics, algebra, etc....

Geometry - made 0 sense to me.  I just memorized it.
My ability to understand and manipulate physical objects (think any sort of repair, design of physical objects, etc...) is way below average.

I went into a field which highly values one type of math, and pretty much ignores other math.  My oldest brother, is a designer, architect, and rebuilds old vehicles for fun.  Which of us you would want to work on a specific problem depends on the problem. 

I've had students who were super book smart with 0 sense.  I've had students who barely graduated from College who made a bunch of money.