Listen "621 Intelligence Concepts"
Episode Synopsis
<p>Why is intelligence so stupid? Let's review:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Defining intelligence is actually much more difficult than first appears.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Polymaths, people who are master of all things, are more fairytale than reality.</p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The prevalence of stupidity verges on overwhelming competent people.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Testing someone else's IQ always seems to be a better idea than testing your own.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Improbable accomplishments makes you suspect there are such things as Meta humans.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You can gain wisdom by pursuing the components of wisdom.</p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">False confidence comes from thinking the Internet knows all.</p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Expertise is not rare nor is it difficult to replace but it is important to have.</p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">To deny authority is to invite authoritarianism.</p>
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<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You may get your news somewhere else but take your advice from me, the Wysest Myn in the Wyrld.</p>
<p> </p>
<ol>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Defining intelligence is actually much more difficult than first appears.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Polymaths, people who are master of all things, are more fairytale than reality.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The prevalence of stupidity verges on overwhelming competent people.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Testing someone else's IQ always seems to be a better idea than testing your own.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Improbable accomplishments makes you suspect there are such things as Meta humans.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You can gain wisdom by pursuing the components of wisdom.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">False confidence comes from thinking the Internet knows all.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Expertise is not rare nor is it difficult to replace but it is important to have.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">To deny authority is to invite authoritarianism.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You may get your news somewhere else but take your advice from me, the Wysest Myn in the Wyrld.</p>
<p> </p>
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