Knowledge
Intelligence
Both are equal
Steven666
Let me clarify that... a "practical" sense of logic.
Anyway... if being knowledgable = one's ability to retain information and being well-informed (kind of like being a book), and being intelligent = means that you have the propensity to learn things quicker than most - then it seems to be that it's quite possible to be one and not the other.
As for common sense - the Collins English Dictionary defines this as "good practical understanding". After having worked with some very knowledgable, and very intelligent people I can vouch from experience that it is possible to be both knowledgable and intelligent (either/or/both) yet have minimal common sense
(as for answering the question of the thread - having intelligence would assist becoming knowledgable faster... so I think I would rate intelligence over knowledge... only cos at some point you could possibly have both!)
in my time I have worked with some very thick smart people .. some of my friends may actually say I fall into that category too.. I have to admit.. I probably do !
let me see..
Encyclopaedic knowledge of maths, computer programming and obscure movie quotes, able to fathom out complex problems and puzzles, equations and coding glitches.. and yet.. as thick as two short planks, more scatterbrained than the nutty professor and not blessed with the common sense I was born with
So having "Storage capacity" (Knowledge) + "Processsing power" (Intelligence) does not nessessarily make one "Clever"
Asking which is more important is like asking "which is more important Plain or Purl?" when the person in question can't even sew !
Obscure knitting related post of the week !
no you don't
Give a tank to a person with intelligence, they will probably be able to make sense of them both of them and drive away quite happily.
Therefore their intelligence is useful in their environment, which is what I said.
Incidently, I am training an infinite number of monkeys to type the works of shakespeare (I can randomly press with the best of 'em)- but they won't all fit in my house
I didn't realise there was a competition! Well... try this!
I got an infinite number of bananas (and keyboards) from the same "infinite emporium" at the bottom of my street (I believe there's one of these everywhere). However, it's proving difficult to issue each monkey with one keyboard (well they take take a backup too) and their lifetimes banana supply.
My lack of an infinite number of toilets is proving problematic.
What? With an infinite number of monkeys, some ninja trained, to protect me ? who cares.And do the RSPCA know about your overcrowded monkey situation?
According to the guy at my local 'infinate emproium', there is a nationwide shortage of these at the moment. Try infinate diapers instead.Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe
Have we met You've got Beo and I down to a T!
Even if they could sew, the plain or purl question wouldn't make much sense unless they could also knit
However, to bring together the knitting (or in this case crochet) metaphors with intelligence and maths... see here
No, but it's interesting to look at the relationship between data, information & knowledge. This is an active research topic...
Data, Information, Knowledge, & Wisdom
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
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