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by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on June 7th, 2009
I would say, "Clever and smart is what we may be perceived to be, and intelligent is what we only hope we are"....
Which word could you put instead of the last word in the sentence:
"Do you realize that much of what you write here is unintelligible?"
by prof. mes solzhenitsy on April 24th, 2011
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Timecube, anyone?
by mrinsane7066 on August 16th, 2011
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Can you get some idea of a person's intelligence based on their Q&A's and comments on AB?
by Unicorn Man on June 1st, 2011
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Do we have "power to defy selfish genes of our birth ... the selfish memes of our indoctrination?" (Richard Hawkins)
by GibsonGuy on September 23rd, 2011
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Do you want to say something smart?
by Dontfeedthefatass on September 19th, 2011
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You're reading Grandfather say.. "Is clever what we are, intelligent what we are perceived to be and smart what we can only hope"?
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"Intelligent" is now more of a social characteristic than an estimate of mental ability and is often used such. Smart is what intelligent used to be combining wisdom and ability. Lack of wisdom makes even intelligence foolish, which perfectly describes the human race so thereby we are clever.
by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2009
Yes, I agree. Wisdom is in its own category.
by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on June 7th, 2009