Trichotomy of Smartness

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katarn
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Trichotomy of Smartness

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I find that people use smart as a very general term. Normally there isn't a problem in such usage, but I was bored one day. I'm sure something like this is already out there, but I designed an outline of how it could be better used.

People use 'smart' to refer to intelligence, knowledge, and wisdom, in tandem, alone, etc.

-Intelligence is your ability to think critically, analyze, problem solve, distinguish patterns, memory, etc.
-Knowledge is rote data. How much information you have in your head.
-Wisdom is practical application of knowledge or otherwise attained insights.
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"Self-awareness" is in there someplace, maybe wisdom?

Self-awareness is hard to explain to people who don't have it, but if you've got any at all, you know what I'm talking about.
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I think I would move Critical Thinking to the Wisdom category. Otherwise, this is a good model.
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GrumpyCatFace wrote:I think I would move Critical Thinking to the Wisdom category. Otherwise, this is a good model.
No, they are not the same. You can be very clever but unwise.
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Intelligence without wisdom is like a bomb without a fuse.