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Darrell Smith's avatar

That is a good read but I differ. Empathy is one requirement for intelligence. Others build the Teslas and operate SpaceX. Others wipe Trump's ass. Self sufficiency is one requirement for intelligence. Can a person dress, feed, and care for themselves?

Money does not buy intelligence. A child in Alabama may be the most intelligent person in America by IQ right now. They will need empathy and self-sufficience to be truly intelligent. Warm blooded animals show more and more intelligence. Perhaps a Doctor can write a paper about how the level of intelligence in all life forms on earth has increased through evolution and human interaction.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Must disagree on a couple of statements. 1): "Self sufficiency is one requirement for intelligence. Can a person dress, feed, and care for themselves?"

Do you imagine Stephen Hawking to be unintelligent, for example?

2): On empathy: The multitude of arrogant tech geniuses who have zero empathy for most of the rest of us who don't share their grasp of technology.

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Teri's avatar

Darrell, I didn't see a single word about Emotional Intelligence.

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Darrell Smith's avatar

Emotional intelligence would encompass empathy I believe. I was thinking of those people (including myself) who have lots of life experience and reject Trump World. America and our lives could be much better. If that is "woke" so be it.

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