Yesterday, I was talking to my friend (feeling stupid) and we somehow began to discuss the topic of "intelligence." He claimed there were two types: the technical one, and the creative one. He said that the technical intelligence could be found everywhere in the world; if a person had passion for learning that type could be aquired. But then he also mentioned that there was the creative one, where only few, special people had innately. And I agree with that part. You can't really try to be creative. You have to just be born that way, aspiring to do new things and have innovative ideas.
However, I just told him I didn't know, and to be truthful, I couldn't care any less. But the thing is that thinking about it now, I believe the most valuble intelligence anyone can have is knowing how and when to use whatever knowledge you have. Often, people call that intelligence as "wisdom," but I would have to disagree in a sense. Wisdom is gained through experience, whether physical or not. After you've been through things, you learn from that. It's called the natural process of learning from your mistakes. Obviously, some people don't.
Still, this third type of intelligence is different, because of a couple of reasons. Yes, you can go through many experiences in life and learn from then. But what comes to be vital in our world today is what you end up doing. In that sense, it would be essential to know when and how to use the knowledge you have, whether it is great or little.
I know that many people crave to have either the technical or the creative intelligence. I used to be that way too. But the thing is, it's actually not that important. We look up to those people, but honestly... You shouldn't be dismayed. I know it's cliche, but it's true. What matters is not what you have, but what you end up doing with it.
-Mr. Watermelon
I guess the real question should be: what is intelligence to you?
ReplyDeleteEvery person has a different definition to intelligence, and they live by it. Whatever suits their mindset is what they believe in.
Is there really any standard of intelligence? Who knows...
Intelligence may have different meanings for different people. However, if everything can mean a different thing for everyone, there wouldn't be a point in using words in general, I daresay. That's why we create standard definitions for words, we follow a system to facilitate our lives. There is no standard speaking personally, but we set one, because we are a society. Some people, like the friend I was talking about, have to learn how to follow standards set by society too. In a way, that's intelligence.
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