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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 298635" data-attributes="member: 2238">After reading the post about what the IQ score means, then yeah, IQ /= wis.  I think (now) IQ deals with total mind.  I think Wis IS how you use and process information.  The old description went somthing like this:"Intelligence tells you its raining, Wisdom tells you to go inside."How can putting on a coat because its cold not be wisdom?  Intelligence does not tell you to do these things.  Intelligence tells you it is cold and that the consequences might be bad.  Wisdom is your good judgement and tells you that you should take action.  Intelligence tells you coats are warm, wisdom tells you to put it on.  The OED states it as:1. a. Capacity of judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct; soundness of judgement in the choice of means and ends; sometimes, less strictly, sound sense, esp. in practical affairs: opp. to folly. 4. Sanity, ‘reason’This is why really intelligent people often do really dumb (read unwise) things.  Like getting hit by a bus.  obviously the person hit did not think to watch for buses.  That is a failure in reason to tell your body, eyes and ears to gather information.  If the person saw the bus and contiued with stepping in front of it simply because they disregarded the information, it is a failure of wisdom, not intelligence.  They knew the bus was there why did they not stop?  Looking at the PH definitions, Wisdom is willpower, common sense, perception, and intuition.  Also wisdom has to do with being aware of your surroundings.  Intelligence is apparently learning and parsing (reasoning or analyzing).  So with this information I am willing to rearrange my definition.  Wisdom is using what you know in relation to your environment.  That revises my stats!  I have an Int of14!  Woohoo!Aaron.</blockquote>

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