Is intelligence a gift or is it something you can acquire?
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I think there are two categories: common sense and book smarts.  Most are born with one of the two.  However my ex didn't have either so in "special" cases like his, you either got it or ya don't.
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Education is not an indicator of intelligence. Education is a tool to enable you to better use your intelligence and increase your capabilities. All the education in the world will not make a dumb person smart, or give anyone the slightest amount of common sense.
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Yes. Man had to have intelligence first before there could be literacy. \n\nIntelligence is having a high degree of mental capacity and expressing good judgment and sound thought. \n\nIlliteracy simply means having little or no education, being unable to read or write.\n\nThere are many ways one can learn in addition to reading and writing, therefore I believe a person can be capable of intelligent conversation and abstract thinking without having had an education.
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Not necessarily.  All you need is the ability to speak in public, remember a speech, and manipulate a crowd.  I've known too many with these gifts, and barely had enough common sense to get out of the rain.
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It's more important what the gift is as opposed to how much you spend.  For example, homemade cookies or a book on a topic you know is of particular interest to the person would be more personal (as opposed to $ value).
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I agree - it is a gift, only when it is comprehensible to others.  Babble is a babble, not a gift.  Check out ACIM...\nSlawek
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Me. Since certain talents and abilities, as well as intelligence, are inherited, we can have similar interests as a family member. On the other side, consider that we tend to expose our children to things we value or enjoy, so they may not have opportunity to gain other interests...nature vs nurture once again
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So, you should become a therapist! You obviously have a gift.
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Everthing that is NOT man-made is a gift from God...\n\nPeace be with you. And pass the doobie.
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Intelligence is knowing facts.\n\nWisdom is knowing what to do with the facts you have.\n\nHuman ~wisdom~ is folly; only God's Wisdom is worthwhile.
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people see intelligence in different ways, its like street smarts and book smarts. And there's a difference between wisdom and being smart. It depends on how YOU judge whos intelligent, if you judge by their high office job, i feel like some people up there did have to get some heads rolling. Its like I think I'm a lot more wise then smart, I mean I dont know how to word things and crunch numbers, but i still think I'm pretty witty. So anyawys answer to your question, not all the time, no
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yup!I can relate to some of these experiences. I have times where I know the outcome of the situation before it occurs.It is a good gift to have. I can sense people's energies very often and sometimes I get drained from their energy as well. Be open to this gift. In fact, I myself am thinking about developing my intuition a little bit more. There are some things in this world that are supernatural and I believe in them a lot. I believe that we were all born with this gift and it can be developed over time if we are open to it. In religion with all due respect Jesus had psychic abilities. Yes, psychic experiences are real. I have experienced it very often. And no, I have no psychological problems what-so-ever. I am a music major and live happily and enjoying life and a straight A student. It just so happen that it's in my genes. I come from a happy home. :O) I am Catholic on top of that. If they are real psychics they won't charge $1,000, they will charge less and they will not be demanding.
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Someone with lots of intelligence is the ability to learn quickly and see abstract concept patterns.\n\nSomeone with lots of wisdom knows what the heck to do with it.\n\nIn education, we measure intelligence by volume of information a person has already learned (e.g. vocabulary), memory skills (short and long term), pattern perception (verbal, visual, numerical, etc.), and problem solving (not just knowing a way to solve something, but figuring out ways to do it from scratch).\n\nIn real life, wisdom is much more important. A slower learner who is really good at using what he/she does know, effectively and positively to benefit him/herself and the community, is much more highly valued than someone who has learned lots of information and can problem-solve quickly, but doesn't make the world a better place with it.\n\nThe thing is, schools are to teach us the stuff we need so that as we build experience, we can do more with our lives.\n\nParents (acting as models for how to do it) and life experience are what give us wisdom.
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I think people of all levels of intelligence respond here. "Intelligence" actually comes in many forms - it's really just a measure of how well you can learn something and not a property of only the kids who got the best grades in school.
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Oh it is just one of those annoying little things that make you more intelligent. You become better able to comprehend the world you live in and to assimilate information. You can then begin to form an opinion or understanding with just a little more information. It is sort of like being able to speak well, or spell. It is nice to be able to communicate clearly with others.You can avoid a wide assortment of problems with a little knowledge.
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How can one define anything, not to mention, what makes us more of an intelligence and not a computer? The real question is, how would you define an intelligent computer (if there is even a difference)?
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I dont think there is such a thing as an intelligence measure. To be honest, it is something that changes within time, as you gain knowledge as life goes on of the different concepts of study and life. One can also loose this knowledge, such as memory lose,  even if they * had a high IQ*. .. Sure it helps you to measure your intelligense at that second of life, but it will change, maybe in an hour or in a day. The more you excersise your brain with challrnguing questions, the more your views will extend.