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Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst
Define intelligence? Intelligence just...is.
Giftedness. Extraordinary insight, learning speed, creativity, abstraction, and reasoning power, all inborn. People whose thoughts and thinking style differ wildly from the norm, who can't fit in because they're so far beyond everyone. People who must reign in their perfect knowledge, impeccable intellect, and drive for challenge so others don't feel too inferior. Admittedly, technical, logico-mathematical intelligence is the best and most recognized embodiment as opposed to say, verbal or artistically related displays.…
And no, practicality is not better. That's a copout and a fairy tale. Any stupid monkey can be practical. Human civilization is as advanced as it is because of intelligence.
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Yet without the average, the normal, to carry out the tasks of providing for, and running, Human civilisation, The Gifted would be huddled in caves rapidly starving to death. The vast majority of those you describe as Gifted either do nothing to further the Human Condition with their intelligence, or they are an outright drain on resources. Average matters above all.
Dave.