This seems like a very flat view of intelligence. In my mind a sufficiently intelligent person isn't just "good at math" and is capable of understanding the landscapes you've laid out above and would also understand how to improve in them and to navigate them, assuming they're sufficiently motivated. Even then, intelligent people are better at parsing themselves, their own drives, knowing what they want and are motivated by and move towards it. I also think many of the most intelligent people I know are (gasp) extremely mature as well, as if those often go hand-in-hand.This sort of feels like a cope-comment trying to say that smart people aren't ACTUALLY smart, but I'm not sure the motivation for that.
lordnacho|3 months ago
Yes, because the article leads with that. But I think we're actually in agreement.
I make a distinction between intelligence and wisdom, something I thought about from D&D.
Intelligence is having accurate models. Quick thinking, and correct predictions.
Wisdom is about making good decisions. Risk control, understanding rewards.
Both are a mental qualities we appreciate in people, but often we are more dazzled by intelligence, and we often mistake wisdom for intelligence.