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Igel

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14. We've confused a few things.

Fri May 6, 2016, 12:49 PM

May 2016

We confuse intelligence, wisdom, and knowledge.

Many bright people are fools. Many wise people aren't necessarily all that intelligent.

Knowledge is something you can easily acquire. Much of intelligence is fairly fixed, and wisdom tends to take years to acquire.

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