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Originally Posted by Trackwatch
I think some people need to return to their "product knowledgeable" person and have their medication levels checked.
Anyone can go to school and learn something. That does not make them smart. Some people never learn from their mistakes. Some people follow the herd.
Smart is when every open door shut/locks in front of you and you find an open window. (and for those that don't get it, this is a metaphor for opportunity)
Smart has nothing to do with memorizing things or passing tests.
Smart has nothing to do with "doing the right thing".
The truth is that most people are stupid and are simply blind followers of rules/laws and methods that they don't question. They just follow the crowd and do like everyone else.
Many people think they are "smart" because they know how to do something. But think about that for a second. Let's say you know how to make a Word document, well, all you have is "product knowledge". In fact most of what people know in life is simply product knowledge. Driving a car, using Windows or Linux, cooking a meal, etc. Product knowledge and memory.
That's right, knowing how to turn on a faucet is knowing simply how to use someone else's product/invention. Nothing amazing there.
So for all you certified, graduated people that have studied hard for years, well, I hope you found a good job that makes you feel free. After all, what is so smart about getting in debt and being an 8-5 slave?
So this leaves you wondering two things. Either you are too stupid to understand what I am telling you here OR you wonder well, then just what is "Smart"?
Well, I will tell you. Smart is knowing how to do things instinctively, logically and dynamically. Smart is anticipating the consequences. Smart is something you feel. You can't learn how to be smart. You either have it or you don't.
Just something to think about.
Interesting. Inaccurate, but interesting. Smart is the ability to learn and comprehend. Whether the knowledge is what someone else teaches us, or what we are able to devise through trial and error, it is the ability to learn.
There is no instinctive knowledge, knowledge is gained either from the gathering of information from someone willing to offer it, or through trial and error.
Some interesting points, except the "all or nothing" statements are not consistent with a "smart" post.
Smart has "nothing" to do with having knowledge? Smart people DO accumulate knowledge, and refine it over time. So smart people will have far more knowledge at age 50 than non-smart people.
"You can't learn how to be smart"? Actually, you can learn to enhance many of the characteristics of intelligence. You can train your memory, logical skills, problem-solving abilities, etc.
Of course intelligence is multi-faceted and includes many different skills. And driving a car requires almost no intelligence, while designing and building one requires quite a bit. Too bad our society doesn't value or compensate those who DO design, build, engineer and problem-solve.
But the most true statement of the post is this one: "The truth is that most people are stupid and are simply blind followers of rules/laws and methods that they don't question. They just follow the crowd and do like everyone else." If people learned how to THINK, and not simply follow the ideas of an authority figure, we'd all be better off.
well said.
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Originally Posted by Taratova
To be smart is to say I don't know. Take a page out of Herman Cain's book.
this is the beginning of learning.
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Originally Posted by hotair2
He must be a genius, because he doesn't know anything.
i am betting that given his education, and experience cain knows a lot more than you do.
"Smart" is the ability to act independently and improvise under unique circumstances, appropriately and beneficially dealing with totally new and unfamiliar matters.
Knowledge and experience allows one to become more proficient at dealing with known circumstances and depicts learned behaviors.
Wisdom is that which is demonstrated by the realization that the more knowledgeable one thinks they are, the less smart they probably are.
You misunderstand the concept. You are not walking a "smart" person into surgery room.
Most surgeons are people that learned the industry's products well. For example, the use of a scalpel, use of high-tech surgery cams or how to put on the neoprene gloves, etc.. Doing surgery well is knowing how to use all the products involved. It has nothing to do with being smart. What is smart about working 12 hour days?
We need to stop complicating things that are simply product knowledge.
Intelligence is like fine steel. Knowledge tempers it and experience hones it into something more. Without knowledge or experience it's just a lump of metal that is useless, degrading and rotting. The worst steel tempered, honed, and cared for is more valuable then the best unformed, rusted and abused.
The only place where some one who has some intelligence, but no knowledge, and is able to beat the odds consistently and wing out the right answer in a second on blind luck is the movies (and a number of campy 1950's sci-fi novels). The only place in reality where some one can even attempt to get away with being smart and knowing nothing is with the whine "Well I could have done it if I tried". You don't get points for anything in life if you have 120 IQ and are to lazy to know basic anything. Most people grow out of those types of thinking at an early age.
There is a vast difference between being driven, and actual intelligence. Anyone, intelligent or learned, who know what the terms mean would be unlikely to confuse the two.
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Originally Posted by subsound
Anyone, intelligent or learned, who know what the terms mean would be unlikely to confuse the two.
Far from the truth. A smart person will be able to figure out almost anything, without any prior knowledge. It is almost like a 6th sense or an intuition. You don't need to touch fire to know it will burn you.
Most of the time, the best way to solve a problem is to avoid it. That is what smart is.
For example, is it worth fixing up an old computer when you can get a new one cheap? Does it make you smart to know how to fix anything on your old computer or to buy one that rarely needs maintenance?
No educated person could work for me
who could not tear and burn the bible –
for he would be a liar of 1 day deception.
Humans are only using 1 of the 4 existing
days available to them. A single day is
impossible as all 4 are interdependent.
Greenwich Mean Time is wrong and evil,
for there are 4 simultaneous Days, not 1.
Greenwich has a midnight to midnight 1
corner day rotation. It has an imaginary
midday to midday with broken lines on
chart to avoid bible 1 day error conflict.
It completely ignores sunup & sundown.
Actually, Genesis 1:5 is not even 1 day.
What you have is 4 corners, no time rota.
Earth has 2 plus quads & 2 minus quads
existing as 0 as opposites but, voiding as 1.
You can’t comprehend fact that Cube4
simultaneous 24 hour days rotate within
same 24 hour rotation of Mother Earth.
You can’t tell the difference between
your Mother and a ***** guised as God.
God can’t match ma hole & pa pole sex.
Every male on Earth born of a woman.
Your Dictionary will explain Viviparous.
Believers Ego kills Teen for ***** image.
Hands Flat on Table With Thumbs
Touching – Proves You Are Mirror
Opposites – Not A Diabolic ONEist.
Opposites Pulsate Life, One Is Death,
Earth Has 4 Days In Same 24 Hours.
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