The Great Myth of Knowledge and Intelligence

Language, literacy and knowledge (a collection of facts) are powerful tools. They do not however guarantee or equate with intelligence. The best tools do not build the best furniture.

Intelligence denotes the ability to think and our minds contain several systems of thought. We can think intelligently in certain areas while tending to be simple in others.

Tons of texts deal with this. I can illustrate the point in another way. The book System Humanity has just become available. From just 56 pages—richly illustrated and relatively easy text—you will know more about the nature and condition of humanity than 99% of the professors in the world.

If you are intelligent, you will doubt that claim. If you are intelligent and adventurous, you will look into it.

If the claim is correct, you will acquire powerful knowledge. You will not become more intelligent (not much in any case), but will be capable of using the intelligence you own in a more effective manner.

It doesn’t take much intelligence to figure out that I’m promoting my book System Humanity. Why shouldn’t I? You can read under About the Blog (one of my first posts) that my goal is to offer bits and pieces of knowledge because I’m ”passionate about fighting greed and greedy to promote compassion.”  System Humanity is one of the biggest pieces of knowledge I have to offer.

“We don’t think all of our thoughts, many of them go unthunk.”
Dartwill Aquila

(Tomorrow: The Power of the Penis)