Re: It begins
yup, experience is the accumulation of errors
but a point of semantics (wonderful stuff, almost as good as philosophy)
'smart', if we use the IQ version, relates directly to the rate at which info can be 'absorbed' from written text (well documented, don't argue)
- so I am very smart; YET yesterday, having the same source data as TM, I was unable to follow simple instructions
- so I do not break my arm patting myself on the back, plenty dumb with even simple instructions
smart in my book is learning from someone else's errors; here again I'm not too sharp,
I have to make the (obvious) errors myself to 'internalize' them [also just what children do to the dismay of parents, "experience does not transfer"]
re the subject at hand - testing, I have bought SO MUCH CRAP over the last 6 years it is incredible; inadequate, obsolete, unsuited, broken, whatever
- no free lessons, particularly for the self-tutored; now I know professionals in the field I can querry, so my errors are fewer and smaller in scope
so yes Brian, for us 'smart' kind of equates to experience + comprehension
for 'stupid' examples speak more loudly than words; consider politics and religions
- but note they both are stupid only for the masses, the leaders live quite well Thank You
|