Intelligence-inherited or inculcated?

[Hudor]

Ok so I read one of the posts here which sent me off thinking about this.
What is genius?
Is it talent, training, both or none?

[Typhlosion]

Both. Intelligence is both influenced by genetic and external factors.

[JamesSuperBoy]

Both but as well the person has to be confident to show talents

[Gamma Male]

Well, we have to differentiate between Intelligence(problem solving skills, spatial recognition, cognitive abilities...etc) and knowledge. Knowledge is simply how much stuff you know. You don't have to have a high IQ to be knowledgeable, and knowledge is almost 100% environmental. Intelligence, or IQ, means how good you are at solving problems, recognizing patterns, and imagining shapes and distances in your head. Intelligence is partly genetic and partly determined by environmental factors as a toddler, such as nutrition and meaningful interaction, and other things that encourage healthy brain development. There are many forms of intelligence. Some people can solve Rubix cubes in under a minute without breaking a sweat, but be completely stumped by complex math problems. Most people are our more intelligent in some areas than in others.

[Irishperson15]

I would say it's both. If your parents have a good work ethic then ou may follow suit. I don't think anybody is born naturally a genius. Yes, some are born smarter than others, but they still need to develop and stimulate their minds to reach full potential

[phuckphace]

I would say intelligence is largely inherited and environment plays a limited role.

[Miserabilia]

Both.
Capacity and curiousity and ability to learn new things is mostly genetic but actual usage of it is not.

[ImCoolBeans]

There are different types of intelligence. Knowledge is learned, gained through experience. Wisdom is found inherently.

[britishboy]

It is inculcated without doubt.

[Miserabilia]

There are different types of intelligence. Knowledge is learned, gained through experience. Wisdom is found inherently.

I'd say;
- Knowledge is learned
- Wisdom is gained through experience

[backjruton]

I'll say intelligence is from both things too but for an unspecified reason I'm not quite sure of :metal:

[ImCoolBeans]

I'd say;
- Knowledge is learned
- Wisdom is gained through experience

But you learn through experience?

[Miserabilia]

But you learn through experience?

Mmm..
I guess you learn through... learning? I can't really explain. For example, you can learn all your knowledge by learning it word to word from a book, but you don't have the wisdom (experience) of doing it (whatever the book is about) in practice,
and the more things you experience in life the "wiser" you get.
Or something.
Lol.

[ImCoolBeans]

Mmm..
I guess you learn through... learning? I can't really explain. For example, you can learn all your knowledge by learning it word to word from a book, but you don't have the wisdom (experience) of doing it (whatever the book is about) in practice,
and the more things you experience in life the "wiser" you get.
Or something.
Lol.

I think there are different types of knowledge, and different types of wisdom, as well, though. Empirical knowledge is knowledge that can really only be learned through experience. For example, if somebody told you that a tree outside of your window has 1,082 leaves on it, you wouldn't really know that it has that amount of leaves, you were just told so. If you counted the leaves yourself, and came to the conclusion that there are 1,082 leaves on the tree, you found out through experience, through counting yourself, that there are that many leaves. Not all knowledge is empirical, though. The majority of what we learn in school is not.

[DerBear]

I'd say both.

I mean a lot of geniuses have came from rather unintelligent backgrounds.

[Miserabilia]

I think there are different types of knowledge, and different types of wisdom, as well, though. Empirical knowledge is knowledge that can really only be learned through experience. For example, if somebody told you that a tree outside of your window has 1,082 leaves on it, you wouldn't really know that it has that amount of leaves, you were just told so. If you counted the leaves yourself, and came to the conclusion that there are 1,082 leaves on the tree, you found out through experience, through counting yourself, that there are that many leaves. Not all knowledge is empirical, though. The majority of what we learn in school is not.

yeah, true, I guess it's not really possible to say how we learn knowledge and wisdom in general because they are not very specific things.

[sqishy]

Both, I think

[TheBigUnit]

both, theres a lottt of smart people in community colleges, many geniuses are school dropouts, so it takes more than genes

[variantwarrior]

In my opinion, intelligence comes from experience. Intelligence is introduced by seeing the world and using logic to find more about it. However I have no idea what causes a strong sense of logic to manifest.

[Faolan]

Both. There are environmental factors that can influence intelligence, and experience is crucial as well.