Anthony Colangelo:
The difference between knowledge and intelligence is key here. Knowledge is the collection of skills and information a person has acquired through experience. Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge. Just because someone lacks knowledge of a particular subject doesn’t mean they can’t apply their intelligence to help solve problems.
I love that.
Often overlooked.
(And wisdom; knowing when and how to apply that knowledge, or alternatively which ends to pursue with that application.
Ideally one should know things, be intelligent enough to apply them, and wise enough to do so to good ends.)
This is one of the big problems I see with most public schools in the US. They focus on filling kids heads with facts rather than teaching them to think about those facts, how they mean and how to use them. And especially how to find more facts.
For example it’s great that a kid can fill in all the symbols and names in the periodic table but can he tell you why the table is important in the first place, does he understand the reason why it is laid out the way it is, does he have the first clue how to try to find out these things.
Gotta be careful not to make the jump into thinking that raw intelligence trumps knowledge gained from experience, though, or that being intelligent means you will be able to easily gain knowledge in all areas or that it means you are (or will be/can become) good at everything.
Either/or logic (Aristotle) prevails in the “logic” of “INFORM-ation” (a military term)