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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:06 AM Original message |
Wisdom rather than mere intelligence |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Without reading it.... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh, ye of little faith... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. I took a quick look and it looks interesting. I'll check it out later. Thanks. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. You're off on the right foot |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The urge to expand may ultimately be resistible |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. May I suggest a slightly different tack? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'd settle for intelligence. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I think we already have more than enough intelligence, thank you |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder if "wisdom" == "inductive" and "intelligence" == "deductive" |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Wisdom is experiential, while intelligence is cognitive |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well inductive and deductive reasoning are qualtiatively different |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So who was wiser, Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You could make the case |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Miss Marple but not because she used inductive reasoning per se |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Interesting, but I don't think so, at least not quite |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. what an inspiring read! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am not sure what to say about this, Paul. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Don't misread my position |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. "...when the energy runs out..." |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Wow, so much foolishness in such a short post. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. What a kidder you are... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. LOL. You know nothing about me, but that didn't stop your armchair psychology. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Trying to cover up being a fool, eh? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oh please, moron. Gave up on the armchair psychoanalysis, did we? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Dude, the record is there for anyone to see. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. LOL nice try, doofus. I KNEW you'd return to the armchair psychoanalysis. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Wisdom" is over-rated, and is generally self referentially defined. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Poor examples; but then look at the source. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I make no secret of my contempt for faith, particularly the fundamentalist type. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Then why use them as examples of wisdom? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I've never known a particularly wise religious person |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I've known several wise religious and/or spiritual persons |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I really don't think it is that complicated |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What about the role of compassion? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Now you're asking for a dissertation |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't believe compassion is a sense of fairness. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I tend towards root concepts |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Is the root of the tree the fruit of the tree? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I don't think so. And I don't agree with your characterization (fundamentalism) |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Not everything in life is an intellectual game. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. There is a time and place for everything. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. True. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Considering the context |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. spheres of "caring" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Both. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. "Spheres of Caring" -vs- "The Golden Rule" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. And that brings us full circle |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Question, Is there such a thing as an "innate sense of fairness?" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Please take a look at neuroethics. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Second reply |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. It predates the printing press |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Compassion is much more than "a sense of fairness" and it's not just pity |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Here's a good relative of compassion: "compersion" |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Maybe this comes down to semantics |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The finger is not the moon |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Why am I in no way surprised with these Pop cult examples? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Bohr and Einstein had this argument about objective reality and people assume Einstein lost. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Well, good luck |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's very pretty. |
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