• ClemaX
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    3 months ago

    We growing wiser, or are we just growing tall?

    • Damian Marley
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      3 months ago

      Intelligence is the ability to understand and predict things.

      Wisdom is the tendency to make decisions that turn out well.

      I figure by that definition knowledge, conditioned responses, muscle memory, perspective, commitment to certain values, beliefs, it’s all part of wisdom.

      • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I always heard it as “intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”