AmongUs:

Is there no intelligent person in this country? Why are you referring us to some white propaganda US folks?

Do you have a problem with white folk?

I never said they were intelligent or unintelligent. I cited them because they are among the richest folk in human history and I do not think they had any formal schooling. So two very successful guys who never went to school are worth mentioning

They are long dead but have very interesting recorded biographies. I cannot think of any Nigerians with similar attributes of little education who established themselves as industrialists with written biographies. If you know of any I am willing to learn
You sound like a person with internal quarrel looking for unnecessary confrontation

Ninisun:




David doesn't write songs...he pays writers and then enter the studio.

Wrong. What is there to write in “skelewu”?
Most Davido songs are like that. What is there to write in “Fall”?

Clint02:
What of me the reserved type, trying to become vocal. How do you think I go about that?

Can you sing/rap? How about writing? Or you want to be vocal in a gathering for no productive reason at all?

Akerele44:


This one na vawulence oooo


U don know them say dem dense for brain

I don mean them on NL, them think say na only them get craze.

Johnlegacy57:

Bro your argument is baseless. A part of the definition says 'acquire knowledge' the type of knowledge was not specified. And mind you, everything learnable is academic.

Where is the definition from? God? Putin ? Buhari?
You are a dogmatic fellow with a rigid mindset
Why should we accept THAT definition?
Not sure what you mean by everything learnable is academic? I find that sentence meaningless
People learn to fuucck ,cook, swim, kill, use drugs, kidnap, herd cattle and so on what is "academic" about that. You now have a new definition of "academic"

VULCAN:
Who was there to confirm that your great grandmother slept with your great grandfather?

Yet it happened or you wouldn't be here.

It is the outcome that we can see that we use to unveil what happened before we came.

All these dinosaur fossils that scientists claim are a million years old. From studying the bones they can tell so many things about the life the creatures lived

Sadly, That you asked this question shows that you are not intelligent sef!

That you believe I am not intelligent shows you are not intelligent at all because if you claim you are intelligent, you won't be telling me am not.
You only claim to be intelligent with the little you know, where as, you know nothing.
Meanwhile, you didn't even answer my question sef.
Abeg park well oo

That’s true when you are asking the right person because the dumb may not like questions or explaining things

CanadaOrBust:


Wrong. What is there to write in “skelewu”?
Most Davido songs are like that. What is there to write in “Fall”?

He doesn't na, we have good song writers and moreover na only the two songs that have short lyrics?

Ninisun:




Intelligent and smart... being only intelligent is not the key in today's world. A smart person is more of a problem solver.

Seems they are synonymous. See below

Ninisun:




He doesn't na, we have good song writers and moreover na only the two songs that have short lyrics?

Point is, Davido’s success is due to his music/sound, not the words themselves

KristaPretty:
A highly intelligent person does not need to take book and pen everywhere to jot down things, it shows they are not intelligent afterall.

An intelligent person listens to understand, not to write.

Additionally I would get pissed off if you claim to be intelligent and ask me a million and one questions or to explain to you like a 5year old child. I would take it that you are too dumb to READ AND RESEARCH

You are not intelligent afterall.

Spot on. It would've been much better had he noted they're ambivalent and therefore know when to listen and when to seek opinions.

PS- if it's not a songs lyrics or a draft for a professional writing then notepad jotting is a definite no.

aribisala0:
Where is the definition from? God? Putin ? Buhari?
You are a dogmatic fellow with a rigid mindset
Why should we accept THAT definition?
Not sure what you mean by everything learnable is academic? I find that sentence meaningless
People learn to fuucck ,cook, swim, kill, use drugs, kidnap, herd cattle and so on what is "academic" about that. You now have a new definition of "academic"

please don't quote me again.

Johnlegacy57:

please don't quote me again.

This is a public forum. If I feel like I will quote you. If you don't like it Sniper is your friend

aribisala0:
This is a public forum. If I feel like I will quote you. If you don't like it Sniper is your friend

aribisala0:
This is a public forum. If I feel like I will quote you. If you don't like it Sniper is your friend

Johnlegacy57:

At last you show some intelligence

CanadaOrBust:


Seems they are synonymous. See below

Well I know intelligent people that are not smart in thinking out solutions to life issues. Someone can be smart but not intelligent (academically)

aribisala0:
This is a public forum. If I feel like I will quote you. If you don't like it Sniper is your friend

You get mind to even type "sniper". Just imagine what you are recommending someone to

Intelligent people fail.

CanadaOrBust:


You forgot to define “intelligent”. Example is Davido intelligent always coming up with hit songs? How about Ben Enwenwu coming up with great sculptures? China Achebe great novels. Are they intelligent?

Thank you for your contribution. I think I understand your points! For the record, there's a difference between talent and Intelligence. Talent is inate while intelligence comes with training.

The people which you mentioned are all talented people who was discovered on time and investment was made to develop and enhance their careers.

Take for instance, Davido which you mentioned is a very talented vocal musician just like many other Nigerians, he was spotted right on time, people with this understanding partnered with him and develop his career.

80% of Davido's songs are written by others. 30% of the revenue which comes from his music goes to his management team and that's how the industry works, most especially at the initial stage in their career, except for those you have the wherewithal to fund all their discretionary expenses from the outset.

There are many other more talented Nigerians who never had this understanding and how these things work and remain stucked.

onojaford:


A truly intelligent person (at his full or half potential) knows so many unrelated things. They also have a vast vocabulary (as a rule of thumb); so as you mention an obscure word, a truly intelligent person will almost know it. What is intelligence even? What you are nailing as intelligence, is not intelligence. It is called "Openness." And oh yes, it is a trait of intelligence but not as pivotal as your post asserts. Basely, intelligent has to do with how one processes information, and connect meaningful dots within a miraculous time frame or however. Intelligence is also different from learning, just as it is variable. One person may have literary intelligence, while another may have musical intelligence, or mathematical intelligence, while they are deficit in other areas. The overall kind of intelligence, which I suppose is what you meant, is gross intelligence - which can be called, "Common Sense." One may be high in common sense, but is not learned in any special field of knowledge. Potentially, they will learn faster and as well, if they are exposed because of the common sense they are endowed with.

Intelligence in its gross form, is what Common Sense is.

Beautiful comment. You have Just demonstrated to have one. But would you now say intelligence is innate or an acquired skills? If it's the latter, how then do you think one can be transformed from being a dollard to being smart?

AmongUs:

They are not.

Have you performed one before or witnessed one performed? They are useful but very limited in utility.
The fundamental problem is not even with the tests but definition of intelligence.
One component of IQ testing can be a sorting test e.g a group of objects is provided and the subject is asked to sort them

The psychologist Michael Cole and some colleagues once gave members of the Kpelle tribe, in Liberia, a version of the WISC similarities test: they took a basket of food, tools, containers, and clothing and asked the tribesmen to sort them into appropriate categories. To the frustration of the researchers, the Kpelle chose functional pairings. They put a potato and a knife together because a knife is used to cut a potato. “A wise man could only do such-and-such,” they explained. Finally, the researchers asked, “How would a fool do it?” The tribesmen immediately re-sorted the items into the “right” categories.

The point is that cultural perspective influence test results .
The ability to survive in the desert or the jungle can be considered an IQ test that would favour different cultures
Just like the ability to survive in Lagos would require a different kind of IQ

Ninisun:



You get mind to even type "sniper". Just imagine what you are recommending someone to

Well Jumping from a high building can be equally effective but you have to consider those that will clean up afterwards/ I am a nice guy that always considers others

lequama10:
intelligence is not by measure of the question you ask boss, you intelligent base on how decisive you are, and you can never be without proper level of knowledge, what makes a robot intelligence is the predictive analysis, making decision base on repetitive events... Acquiring knowledge and applying is simply intelligence... All the best to you oooo...

Don't you think we are still on the same page? Questionnairing is only but one reference point to how intelligent people acquires knowledge. There are many more other ways also.

Studies have shown that people who attended nursery school tends to be more disciplined and have the ability to finish what they started.

Same way kids who once lived or spent reasonable time with their grandparents during their formative years (3-7years) tend to be more naturally curious, environmentally conscious and aware and intelligent when grown up (18-27years)

Intelligence is a function of many things, questionnairing inclusive, but not exclusive.

Juliearth:




Where is the lie?

Like begets like.

Other ways to tell are:
You would find screenshots of dictionary meanings and online captions on their phones, they move around with notepads and/or have them installed on their phones, they have an overly curious mind and like to associate with polymaths. As a matter of fact, anything short of being a polymath is a turn off for them. Ask them what they desire in their partners, they would dwell more on intellects rather than physical attributes.

I agree 100%!

What people understand, they are different types of intelligent which is
Logical intelligence
mathematical intelligence
Linguistic intelligence
Spatial Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence.
Naturalistic intelligence.


Just that ppl don't know theirselves to know the category they belong.
Nigerian teacher pay attention to mathematical n linguistic intelligence and generalized is as intelligence. Plato once said " MAN KNOW THY SELF" That is a very critical word. A man is tag genius if he posses almost if not all the intelligence I listed above..
Being a billionaire requires determination, smartness, discipline and dope mannerliness.
Every sane person belong to at least category of this intelligence I listed here, unless you are retarded. Just Nigerian places ppl that are linguistically intelligent as being super intelligent, of which if I am to say, is the least

CanadaOrBust:


Wrong. What is there to write in “skelewu”?
Most Davido songs are like that. What is there to write in “Fall”?

Perhaps, you are yet to understand how the music industry works. Most artist don't write their songs. They have team of well trained and sophisticated group of songs writers. Only few Nigerian artist writes their songs. Go figure right!

Benwallt:
No meaningful question(s) can be asked without listening and processing otherwise such intelligent person will be making a fool of himself.

And I totally agree with you on that, but don't you think intelligent people can also process things really fast, hence the many questions?

Clint02:
What of me the reserved type, trying to become vocal. How do you think I go about that?

There's nothing wrong in being reserve. It should rather count to your advantage if you understand how to properly utilize the God given skill. Greater percentage of world leading billionaire are introvert...uncluding Dangote, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos etc.

It's not by accident. It's a skill many people want to acquire. Don't bother about you being reserve, seek to exploit the latent skill that goes with your nature.

who write this nonsense ?

They will never answer a direct question that exposes their foolery .
They will jump and pass the question and switch to insults, using words like nyamuri,afonja,Okoro,Igbo aahh,Yoruba ehh,aboki haaa etc .
Very useless bornthroway shidren
People like cursed oyefitokun

The difference between being intelligent, woke, logical and stupid is a thin line.

Many have crossed it without knowing, I believe an intelligent mind is aware of his limit, while the woke one might seems enlightened from the get go but as time goes on, the dumbness will surface and for the logical one, they share a semblance with the woke one and the being stupid is the chief of all draw back....