How would you describe the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Intelligence is processing information and being able to extrapolate hypothesis and conclusions from various pieces of knowledge. It’s more than just memorizing information, although memory is part of it, it’s using logic, and being able to fit pieces of information together like a puzzle.

Wisdom comes with experience. You don’t have to be very intelligent to be wise about some things.

It’s worth saying some very intelligent people sometimes lack wisdom on some topics.

I guess people can be wise without experience, they can look at situations and evaluate pros and cons without personal experience, but experience really does help in many situations in a way that just knowing information can’t.

Intelligence is the acquired tidbits of information which gets an individual through their days, years, lifetime. It is what they know about their job, raising a family, driving a car. We can teach these things to new generations.
Wisdom is knowledge on a cosmic level. It’s deeper than geometry or public speaking.
It can’t be understood by just anybody. There is wisdom of differing things. Wisdom is gained in various ways.

Using my internal dictionary, then.

Smart indicates skill in critical thinking, problem-solving, recognition of parallels and patterns, metaphor, novel recombination of ideas, applying lessons learned in one area to other areas. Perhaps I’d characterize “smart” as relating to talent and skill in using one’s brain as a tool.

Wise indicates skill in mixing compassion, pragmatism, kindness, mercy, humor, into our efforts to be smart.

Intelligent is a conceit. We think we’re the most intelligent species on Earth, because we have cars and jobs and cities. Dolphins think they’re the most intelligent, for precisely the same reasons. Cheers

Intelligence. Facts. Wisdom. Experience.

Intelligence is more narrowly focused. It is used to solve a specific problem. Wisdom takes a wider view and looks at more global implications, particularly the effects they may have on people.

Wisdom is what ought to come between intelligence and action but seldom does.

One could be intelligent and know how to make a bomb but it takes one with both intelligence AND wisdom to understand the implications in the present and the future whether to create this device of not.

Intelligence is like raw CPU capacity.

Wisdom is the quality and amount of the input processed by that CPU and stored in memory.

You can be intelligent but not wise. The reverse is also true. To be “smart” generally takes both.

Intelligence is knowing things.
Wisdom is knowing what to do with those things.

Around here, we call it book smarts and street smarts.

A lot of people have one but not the other.

Intelligence is the Monte Carlo Tree Search, wisdom is the Policy Network.

Intelligence is knowing how to do something. Wisdom is knowing not to do it.

Wisdom is acquired. It requires time and experience to develop judgement. Intelligence is more innate. This is a great question, and not as easy as it looks. I can’t decide where knowledge figures in with the other 2 though Dutchess seems convinced.

It was just my own thoughts @stanleybmanly. It’s open to change and interpretation.

That’s wise!

Ahahahahaha!!

With intelligence you get more skill points, and if you’re a magic user you get more access to arcane spells.

With Wisdom you get plusses in your perception-type checks and will saves. You also get plusses in divine spells.

@Demosthenes the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Intelligence is posting in General, Wisdom is posting in Social.

It’s where the knowledge from all that intelligence meets the wisdom from all that knowledge.

I kept reading @Caravanfan was getting pusses….