Can you be intelligent not wise?

Wisdom and intelligence are both great qualities to have—but they certainly aren’t mutually exclusive. Intelligence doesn’t guarantee wisdom, and vice versa. In fact, while they may seem like similar traits, they’re actually quite different, though it is possible to have both.

Is intelligent better than smart?

For many people, there is no difference between smart and intelligent, because the words seem to be interchangeable. Intelligence, on the other hand, is something with which you are born. Your IQ is a measurement of your intelligence, and doesn’t change because it is a measure of your ability to learn.

Can intelligence exist without education?

Intelligence without education is like a powerful engine by itself — its power is not directed anywhere, and whatever energy is produced goes to waste. I don’t usually quote famous people to back up my point, but in this case it is fitting. Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”

What do highly intelligent people say when they don’t know something?

Highly intelligent people are the first ones to say “I don’t know.” Less intelligent people try to avoid the phrase because they feel that others will perceive them as dumb or ill-informed. Highly intelligent people understand that it is impossible to know everything about everything.

Is higher education proof of higher intelligence?

It does also show, however, that higher education is not proof of higher intelligence. There are also certainly professions which require extensive training (education), but not extremely high intelligence. Your average family practictioner, for example, can operate just fine without needing to have a genius IQ.

Is it possible to be smart without a college degree?

Anyway, yes you can be smart without a college degree, actually for a lot of poorer people that’s the case everyday. All those lowly janitors and garbage workers and road workers probably are as intelligent as any college professors but either decided to work with their hands or had circumstances that lead to their not having college opportunities.