Quote from: Philoso Raptor on Nov 27, 2025, 07:47 PM

QuoteThere's no evidence I am aware of that technical expertise can be used to develop wisdom, or that there is even any correlation between them.

True, they are not the same thing.  Technical expertise is a narrow and focused blade.  Wisdom is a broad river, wider than De Nile.

An excellent way to say it.

And as I said, the combination can be quite lucrative. It isn't a unique combination...but in my experience it is hard to find.

Quote from: TDoS on Nov 27, 2025, 07:32 PM

Quote from: RE on Nov 27, 2025, 06:49 PMThere's no evidence I am aware of that technical expertiese can be used to develop wisdom, or that there is even any correlation between them.
RE

That is only because "wisdom" can be as amorphous to quantify as ....say....beauty.

It's more like being funny.  Some people can know a lot of jokes and never get a laugh.   Funny people make others laugh just by observing the truth and pointing it out.


RE

QuoteThere's no evidence I am aware of that technical expertise can be used to develop wisdom, or that there is even any correlation between them.

True, they are not the same thing.  Technical expertise is a narrow and focused blade.  Wisdom is a broad river, wider than De Nile.

Quote from: RE on Nov 27, 2025, 06:49 PMThere's no evidence I am aware of that technical expertiese can be used to develop wisdom, or that there is even any correlation between them.
RE

That is only because "wisdom" can be as amorphous to quantify as ....say....beauty. And correlation? They can be meaningful. Or not.

Quote from: TDoS on Nov 27, 2025, 03:25 PMOf course they aren't. But for those who fell on the right side of your gene combination, and ended up with the right expertise at the right time, and used both to develop not ONLY wisdom but insight into previously unknown concepts and ideas, having both can be quite lucrative.

There's no evidence I am aware of that technical expertiese can be used to develop wisdom, or that there is even any correlation between them.

RE

Quote from: RE on Nov 27, 2025, 03:06 PM

Quote from: TDoS on Nov 27, 2025, 01:33 PMWell, depends on the field of endeavour I suppose. Haven't seen much shunning at all, folks been paying quite well for the wisdom from those who have it.

Technical expertiese and Wisdom are not synonymous.

RE

Of course they aren't. But for those who fell on the right side of your gene combination, and ended up with the right expertise at the right time, and used both to develop not ONLY wisdom but insight into previously unknown concepts and ideas, having both can be quite lucrative.

Quote from: TDoS on Nov 27, 2025, 01:33 PMWell, depends on the field of endeavour I suppose. Haven't seen much shunning at all, folks been paying quite well for the wisdom from those who have it.

Technical expertiese and Wisdom are not synonymous.

RE

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/24/young-men-democrats-us-elections

Why did young men move left in this month's US elections?

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RE

Quote from: K-Dog on Nov 26, 2025, 08:15 PMAnd now our social genetics reward stupidity, and stupidity blossoms like flowers in a field.  At the exact time wisdom is needed, it is shunned.

Well, depends on the field of endeavour I suppose. Haven't seen much shunning at all, folks been paying quite well for the wisdom from those who have it.

Quote from: K-Dog on Nov 26, 2025, 05:24 PM

You look for an answer where none there is.  Living with ambiguity is hard.  A true master practices long to become comfortable with ambiguity.

I do better than just ambiguous, I do probability, high, low, skewed or not, for as many scenarios as someone can dream up.

What I don't do is clicks for random talking heads on Youtube which may, or may not, have anything to do with the topic in question.