Discerning Intelligence

@SW-User wise people adapt

@SW-User True. One can usually puzzle out the meaning.

But when I write or speak, I take care to be as clear as possible. I want to make it easy for others to understand me.
I wonder how much it matters to others and how much?

@JovialPlutonian I'm sure you are right.

I often doubt my wisdom.

@JovialPlutonian I think she's talking about intelligence, not wisdom.
Intelligence is the ability to recognise patterns, how they apply in specific situations, and use them to solve problems. This includes being able to recognise gaps in patterns and mend them or improvise appropriate compensations for them.

How Palumbo98lucrezia describes an intelligent response to words fits with specific types of emotional and verbal intelligence.

In my view, wisdom is something different to but including intelligence. It is a deep understanding of human nature and ethics, and the ability to choose to behave ethically in all situations no matter how complex.
The ethics are governed by that which most enhances the well-being of life.
It values the life of the self as equal with that of all other life.

@cupidnpsyche Totally agreed.
We can't always know all the info we need, and sometimes we can't know what or how much we don't know.
We can overlook something crucial.
And more often than not, arrogance can easily lead us astray.

There's a particular maths test that Edward de Bono tries on people at workshops.
Typically, very bright people fail it, but the kids get it right.
When the kids get the proof wrong, they assume they made a mistake and trace it back till they find it.
The bright people don't guess that they might have made a mistake, so they just sit there stumped, thinking the problem is beyond them.

Arrogance is the motorway to disaster.