Wisdom is more about how to apply knowledge to practical situations. It can be gained from experience, but not always, and sometimes it could be completely intuitional. Like someone in a situation they’ve never faced before, but instinctively knew what to do without really being able to explain why.
I agree that intelligence is about processing power, but in more human terms I think it’s about being able to follow a trail of facts to their logical conclusions, and being able to extrapolate/interpolate accurately.
It’s also commonly confused with knowledge, which is really just about how many facts you know. You can know a lot of things and still be stupid, and you can know few things and still be smart. I’ve met people who have memorized a lot of facts, but were incapable of actually thinking.
Wisdom is more about how to apply knowledge to practical situations. It can be gained from experience, but not always, and sometimes it could be completely intuitional. Like someone in a situation they’ve never faced before, but instinctively knew what to do without really being able to explain why.
I agree that intelligence is about processing power, but in more human terms I think it’s about being able to follow a trail of facts to their logical conclusions, and being able to extrapolate/interpolate accurately.
It’s also commonly confused with knowledge, which is really just about how many facts you know. You can know a lot of things and still be stupid, and you can know few things and still be smart. I’ve met people who have memorized a lot of facts, but were incapable of actually thinking.