tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539009.post6404994922127030779..comments2018-10-30T10:53:39.015+05:30Comments on Not-so-commonsense: Intellect v/s Intelligence – are we aware of the trap?Deepak Nagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113466808681201833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539009.post-34288453529867066232009-03-04T22:52:00.000+05:302009-03-04T22:52:00.000+05:30“Intelligence is the mechanism by which our MIND g...“Intelligence is the mechanism by which our MIND gains information and knowledge from external sources.” – So this clarifies a fact that INTELLIGENCE is not the ability of a person to comprehend information and make sense out of it, is it just that INTELLIGENCE= our past experiences? <BR/><BR/>If so, any individual can only solve problems that are similar to or the same as the problems that he has solved in the past EX: If he has solved (a+b)^2 = a^2+b^2+2ab the he can solve (4+3)^2=4^2+3^2+2*4*3. <BR/>But in real life when ever an individual solves a very new problem or is able to comprehend something which others are not able to, then we label that person as an INTELLIGENT person, so as I understand it from your post, we would need to label him as an INTELLECTUAL person but not Intelligent, is that correct? If that is the case then it’s us, who’ve always mistaken Intellect to Intelligence. And as sighted in your post “The trap is created by our MIND when it forces us to believe that intelligence is the intellect” these inferences drive home a single point that we have actually erased the difference between Intelligence and intellect, most of us consider that Intellect is same as intelligence or = intelligence<BR/><BR/>It’s not about HOW POWERUL YOUR CAR IS it’s about HOW WELL YOU CAN USE that power to win a race.<BR/><BR/>An Excellent post Deepak, surely this is NOT-SO-COMMONSENSEHashamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13591744309771837189noreply@blogger.com