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The saying means that intelligence without ambition doesn’t take you far.
The question is how far one wants to go? And what is ‘far’, just like what is success?
I am not ambitious, have never been. I was made to think that to have ambition is good, but i just dont want to be ambitious. I am happy and content to be where i am, i dont need more, ‘more’ is illusory because we ourselves define that more and it never gets fulfilled, even if it does get fulfilled, there is always the next ‘more’.
I’d rather be a bird without wings. There was a bird Moa which didn’t have wings, but humans made it extinct by hunting. Nature has rare examples too, but humans cannot control their greed, or they don’t know when to be content.
The question is how far one wants to go? And what is ‘far’, just like what is success?
I am not ambitious, have never been. I was made to think that to have ambition is good, but i just dont want to be ambitious. I am happy and content to be where i am, i dont need more, ‘more’ is illusory because we ourselves define that more and it never gets fulfilled, even if it does get fulfilled, there is always the next ‘more’.
I’d rather be a bird without wings. There was a bird Moa which didn’t have wings, but humans made it extinct by hunting. Nature has rare examples too, but humans cannot control their greed, or they don’t know when to be content.
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@hartfire For sure. And there are so many different *kinds* of intelligence.
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@hartfire edit: *kinds, not kids lol
@SW-User Indeed! :)
I put intelligence into roughly broad categories:
logical (analytical, mathematical & musical),
creative (lateral & synthesising),
practical (includes technical)
linguistic,
visual-spatial,
and proprioceptive.
I don't regard intelligence as one thing, but as the integrated sum of many hundreds of microskills.
I see it as a potential in all babies born relatively normal and healthy, and subsequently nurtured by environment - i.e. plastic, continually developing and changing and not a fixed quantity.
If one were to define it as one thing, I'd say it is the ability to recognise patterns and use that information to solve problems or invent new things or processes.
I put intelligence into roughly broad categories:
logical (analytical, mathematical & musical),
creative (lateral & synthesising),
practical (includes technical)
linguistic,
visual-spatial,
and proprioceptive.
I don't regard intelligence as one thing, but as the integrated sum of many hundreds of microskills.
I see it as a potential in all babies born relatively normal and healthy, and subsequently nurtured by environment - i.e. plastic, continually developing and changing and not a fixed quantity.
If one were to define it as one thing, I'd say it is the ability to recognise patterns and use that information to solve problems or invent new things or processes.
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rottenrobi · 56-60, F
@waleskinder lol
@SW-User Would you count getting to the general store to buy groceries as an ambition? I mean, how we get there involves amazing things - memorising a maze, understanding the road rules and social behaviours, having the means of transport and all that's involved with maintaining it.
Could we count all motives as forms of ambition?
Could we count all motives as forms of ambition?
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Crazychick · 36-40, F
@Crazychick Neither had I, which was what prompted me to ask the question.
I came across the saying a Belgian crime-mystery film.
But I've subsequently discovered that the saying is widely thought to be a quote from Salvador Dali. On hearing that, it suddenly makes sense. Only a provocative surrealist artist could think like that and not see the flaws in the thought.
I came across the saying a Belgian crime-mystery film.
But I've subsequently discovered that the saying is widely thought to be a quote from Salvador Dali. On hearing that, it suddenly makes sense. Only a provocative surrealist artist could think like that and not see the flaws in the thought.
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
The question is why don't they have an ambition?
They might need some help.
They might need some help.
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
@hartfire that's only true to a certain extent. Everyone has their own limits :(
AngelKrish · 26-30, M
Right now... My condition is same!
@AngelKrish I'm not sure what you mean.
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You the car, but no gas. 🤷♂️ you're not going anywhere .
rottenrobi · 56-60, F
She can't fly without ambition.
summerdawn · 26-30, F
Probably no ambition but has goals.
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