11 Aug 2022 2:55 pm
A common archetype is the absent minded professor, maybe similar to idiot savant. That person makes intelligence into a kind of dual expression, where they are genius in some area but lack common senseFOS » 11 Aug 2022, 12:59 pm » wrote: ↑ people can have different sorts of talents...but i personally do not equate talent with intelligence. i guess it just depends on how you define intelligence. I see intelligence as a single scalar...people can simply be more or less intelligent. ANd idiot savants exist...a moron might have some amazing ability at mental arithmetic, for example.
also, human beings do not survive as individuals. THey survive as members of a civilization. Philosophical thought can benefit every member of that civilization and increase their chance to survive.