Is judging a person based on their intellect superficial?

Judging anyone on a single facet of their personhood seems very limiting.

Intelligence is largely a matter of choice. There are many kinds of intelligence, and all of them are demonstrated by a desire and willingness to apply oneself to learning something.

I am not fond of people who choose to squander their minds on laziness and inanity. That is vastly different than judging someone on a facet of their anatomy that was none of their choosing.

I usually reserve judgement until I initially get to know someone. However, there are exceptions to that rule.

I don’t think “judging” is the word really.
For me it is matter of compatibility and I prefer to commune with bright and creative types over pedantic and dull. I know many people and can appriceate what they have to offer in their own way, but I enjoy bright, humorous, curious and creative personalities best.
I love all animals but I don’t expect to get the same level of intelligence from a Tortoise as I would a dog.

Employing some practical ” judgement”, as in judging ones level of compatibility with another is not really judgement in the true sense. It is not necessary to “judge” the totality of another in a better than/worse than fashion to know you may not have much in common with them.
Donkeys and race horses may be able to enjoy eating hay together but they will never be equally matched for racing. Nothing wrong with that.

Also, judging judgment is a judgment as well sooo….just call a donkey a donkey without fear of judgement. lol

@Coloma; Milo here: Look out your window. There seem to be a large number of tortoises marching around carrying picket signs.

@gailcalled Oh no! Does this mean I need to make a public apology for Tortoise discrimination? :-)

I try not to judge period.

It just seems a bit smarmy and self indulgent to me.

No, it is human.

Judging someone for their intelligence makes no sense to me. As you said for the most part it is out of someone’s control. I don’t judge, but it might influence whether we have things in common; but, not necessarily. Intelligence is a little tricky. Two people might be 40 points different in IQ, which is kind of a big spread, but share a common interest and know as much as the other, in fact the lower intelligence person might know more, and they can talk for hours about that particular subject matter. You can’t assume anything based on IQ alone. Add in their are different types of intelligence, like emotional intelligence, and it becomes more complicated.

If you judge someone on any trait, just be sure you know what you are doing. If they are found wanting, look again, you have probably misjudged them.

Judging someone on their level of innate intelligence seems wrong, but I have to admit that I will judge someone for willful ignorance.

I judge people more on how honest their self-assessment of their intellect is. It’s the people who think they are smart but aren’t that bug me.

I’ve got some smart friends and not everybody likes them, they think they act like superior know-it-all types. So no, it’s not cool to judge people too smart or too stupid, either one.