• OpenStars@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    Wisdom is evaluated experience. Some people don’t “think”, hence never learn from their mistakes.

    Others are so open to learning that they don’t even need to make the mistake first to learn to avoid it, as reading about it in a book is sufficient.

    The key in either of these scenarios - negative or positive - is being willing to learn.

    Intelligence is mere processing power, which meh, can help, but is neither necessary nor sufficient.

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      6 hours ago

      I think it’s also ability to learn and ability to extrapolate and correctly understand the lessons learned. A fool (one lacking wisdom) may see the car going the wrong way down the one way street and conclude that it’s not a one way street or that traffic rules don’t matter, whereas the wise person sees it and concludes that sometimes people will ignore traffic rules and so they shouldn’t entrust their safety to the assumption that everyone is following them.

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        5 hours ago

        The fool loudly proclaims that they have “arrived” at knowing something, while a wise person will always stay curious!