[balance]

Originally Posted by villasenor

isn't foresight born from experience rather than intelligence?

The ability to recognize cause & effect and thus learn from experience is indicative of and a result of one's intelligence. As we all know, a lot of people in this world make the same mistake twice.

[senri]

Originally Posted by balance

The ability to recognize cause & effect and thus learn from experience is indicative of and a result of one's intelligence. As we all know, a lot of people in this world make the same mistake twice.

correct, as one of the guys in this thread says their are also other forms of expression to high intelligence. When it comes to foresight you need knowledge which brings about experience, experience displays your potential intelligence. The ACTUAL intelligence is on how you apply all these things. Foresight is one of the major things coming out of those experiences, you need creative unique insight to have the foresight or invention.

[PlagueofwaR]

There is not a universal definition of what intelligence is. So how can one test mesure it ?

[Iron Braveheart]

Ken Jennings > Chris Langan

[Chaos Mitten]

For all their smarts, Mensa members are generally socially awkward.

[AlphaDelphic]

The dude says the existence of God, souls, and the afterlife can be proven via mathematics, but has yet to do so.


The guy is full of shit, plain and simple.

[Jeff Clavelle]

Originally Posted by enginekid

yes but does attaining blissful happiness mean you have lived a significant life?

why do you think your life is significant? You are one of 6 billion people. There are millions of species with a hundreds of billion living animals. Humans have only existed for 15000 years or so (i dont know actual number), and the planet has been around for billions of years.

Who gives a fuck about you or anything you do. When you die, I dont think anyone will care that you had a nice car and "lived healthy". I dont think it is healthy to strive for a significance that is unattainable, as you will never be truly happy. Humans will die out and the earth will change completely, so just be happy.

[foofie]

Originally Posted by Jeff Clavelle

why do you think your life is significant? You are one of 6 billion people. There are millions of species with a hundreds of billion living animals. Humans have only existed for 15000 years or so (i dont know actual number), and the planet has been around for billions of years.

Who gives a fuck about you or anything you do. When you die, I dont think anyone will care that you had a nice car and "lived healthy". I dont think it is healthy to strive for a significance that is unattainable, as you will never be truly happy. Humans will die out and the earth will change completely, so just be happy.

This guy speaks the truth . Have you been watching fight club a lot ?

[smasheroffaces]

seek wisdom! do not seek to know all of the answers. seek to understand the questions.

[Jeff Clavelle]

Originally Posted by foofie

This guy speaks the truth . Have you been watching fight club a lot ?

haha nah. I dont really like the movie to be honest Some of the concepts I agree with, but I dont agree with anarchy, or needing scars to be human or whatever stuff the movie preached.

I just read a lot of religious and philisophical texts.