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Tis’ Better to Be Wise Than Intelligent - Research

Tis’ Better to Be Wise Than Intelligent - Research | Science News | Scoop.it

"We conceptualized wisdom as a set of reasoning strategies that may be applicable and beneficial across a large number of social conflicts. In other words, we defined wisdom not through the availability of static knowledge about a particular conflict and its solution but rather through the use of dynamic reasoning strategies that can be applied in various domains."

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War on Wisdom

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All the most fundamental institutions of a functioning society—healthcare, education, criminal justice, banking, politics– “do not work the way that they should.” Our carrots and sticks seem to miss the point, or make things worse. To resolve the problem one need only return to the ancient Greeks. “We need virtue,” he said. “A virtue that Aristotle referred to as ‘practical wisdom.’” It is very simple, really. Practical wisdom is “the will to do the right thing and the skill to figure out what the right thing is. “

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William Gibson on real vs. virtual and singularity

William Gibson on real vs. virtual and singularity | Science News | Scoop.it

The author takes a moment to debunk “singularity” — the theory that man and machine will eventually merge in some kind of climax — calling it “the geek rapture.” In Gibson’s opinion, the biggest changes will sneak into our lives gradually, the way Walkmans morphed into iPods, then iPhones. “There’s not going to be any ‘future,’ because things are changing too quickly,” he says. “It’s just going to be . . . stranger and stranger, and as it happens to you, you will be in the present moment, and it will be weird.”

 

ht David McConville


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Ignoring the Wisdom of Crowds

Ignoring the Wisdom of Crowds | Science News | Scoop.it

Is the crowd is smarter than the individual. Is this a universal rule? Should we be leveraging this power more often?

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Older and wiser?

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Americans get wiser with age. Japanese are wise from the start.


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Smaller Brain, Superior Wisdom? | Healthy Guide | Healthy Life center | Healthy Life Style

Smaller Brain, Superior Wisdom? - Health guide is a common condition of a person in all aspects.
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