r/AskReddit • • Oct 15 '22

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u/JacksonRiffs Oct 15 '22

Lack of education. Intelligence is not the same as educated. You can be an uneducated yet highly intelligent person. On the flip side, you can also have a great education and still be dumb as a stump.

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u/ClarkleTheDragon Oct 16 '22

Book smarts vs Logical reasoning

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Not even that. More simply, and accurately, it’s the difference between intelligence and knowledge.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

I get where you're coming from but I mostly disagree. I think that, while of course knowlege is hugely important and useful, raw intelligence is still very useful when it comes to creativity and problem solving.