Sometimes the solution may be more wise than intelligent.
How does this happen? Probably should be a little clarification about the difference between "smart" and "wise." Have you ever wondered why the language has different names for the same things? Sometimes there are just analogues, for example in different parts of the large country is the same thing different names. But then each title will carry at least a geographical connotation. Sometimes the name is some qualitative difference. For example, olives are green and black olives (the same word, only in Russian) — black berries.
So. Mind, Intelligence, Intellect, Wisdom, Understanding — a lot of different words for similar concepts like. If you try to analyze them, we can distinguish three basic forms, which these words indicated.
the First is the collection of information. The man who have read, learned, memorized, knows a lot. It will have a large amount of information. And will smart in this sense — a lot of knowledgeable, erudite.
the Second level of knowledge is the ability to deal with the available information. To perform it. To find similar and differing elements. Let's call this stage of the understanding.
And the third stage in our conventional table — applications received and analysed knowledge. Let's call this the skill of wisdom. A wise man not only has a lot of knowledge and knows how they operate. But he still has enough life experience and wisdom, knows when to speak and when to remain silent. To do or to wait. This is a very special form of knowledge. You can even call it "practical knowledge."
Tell that one person memorized the entire table of timetable trains in the country. Spent a lot of time. But I never used him occasionally needed only one commuter train whose schedule was always in a prominent place.
Now back to where we started. Can the act of being wise rather than clever? Now I understand how it can be. The smart thing to do is the right thing to do in its theoretical essence. A wise thing to do — practical.
for Example, a person wants to buy something for Breakfast. The smart way is to find out what the shop sells (and which is generally close to markets). To study the range of prices. To count calories.
A smart way to see how many there are in reserve time, to estimate what is likely in the near to convenience and price store has products that of them to prepare wholesome, and to implement it.
and so it turns out that sometimes you can do even if not "smart" thing. But quite wise.
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