Intelligence

My homeboy presented a question: What is your definition of intelligent?

Not like any one cares or anything but.

To be intelligent in my opinion is to know what is wrong and what is right... some say "intelligence" come hand in hand to book smarts.. well in my opinion book smarts comes from knowing right from wrong. Now to some that makes no sense. But if you really analyze your life you just might see where I'm coming from. Definition "b." in the Keyes Dictionary for the Young Hearted: Intelligence is wisdom. Knowing whats best for yourself and others. This in my opinion is unobtainable simply because you can not, in NO possible way know what is best for another human being. I dont care what your parents say... when they say "I know whats best for you", its failed parenting in my eyes. I am way more fond of the idea of 'I want whats best for you'. Only YOU know whats best for yourself. Whether or not you will act on these ambitions is what will or will not make you intelligent. My last two cents is that one individual cannot self proclaim themselves intelligent. Because that would be boasting.. and boasting is simply wrong.

MichaelKeyes
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