Educated does NOT mean "smart". amirite?

This is a fact, not an unpopular opinion. Knowledge and intelligence are two different things.

by carson54 1 day ago

Knowledge, intelligence and smartness are 3 different things in this particular case.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

If by smartness you mean cleverness, I agree.

by carson54 1 day ago

Yes it does 9/10 out of ten What is this cope that's always said when you feel inferior because someone got accepted into college lmao

by Jaded_Bat7954 1 day ago

The thing is, knowledge is meant to be applied. Intelligence could be defined as a power to apply knowledge and logic to a certain problem or situation. If you have one without the other, then the other becomes sorta useless. Sure, knowledge is power, but when you don't know how to apply it it looses its usefulness. Same for intelligence, you can be smart but if you know nothing then its sorta useless. Im pretty sure I worded something above quite badly lmao but I hope anyone that reads this understands what I meant

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Albert Einstein was smart though, he was a genius who changed the world.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The idea is that if he never had an outlet to apply his objectively potent brain power, he would never be the historical figure we know him as today. Education vs intelligence.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What does that even mean? He was intelligent, it's just that there are different types of intelligence, for him he was intelligent in physics.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The best chef in the world, if given beans and water as his only ingredients, is going to make beans. Give that chef a pantry and fridge full of ingredients, and he can cook pretty much anything. Education is stocking your ingredients to cook with. And with more, better ingredients, you can make better meals. I'm sure the guy with beans and water only makes some killer beans. But that's all he's got.

by atremblay 1 day ago

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people, with a "pantry" suited for a Michelin star restaurant, and the skill to barely not burn water, who think they're chefs.

by Kochamelie 1 day ago

Sounds like something an uneducated person would say.

by Schinnerstevie 1 day ago

Nope. It just means educated.

by Appropriate-Exam-603 1 day ago

"educated" They're not even educated. Most people are just memorizing information and regurgitating it onto a piece of paper. That's it. And once they land a job, the majority forget everything they were taught in high school or university. Even if, hypothetically, they did retain all that information, it still wouldn't make them educated unless the information itself were accurate and rooted in truth. But that's rarely the case. Take history, for example. In most countries, the history taught in schools is a biased, one sided narrative shaped by national interests. It's propaganda dressed up as education. Or look at nutritional science. They barely scratch the surface of biochemistry. What they teach is a watered down, politically safe version based on unreliable epidemiological studies and industry influenced guidelines. I'm a dropout. Despite that, I've worked as a software engineer at multiple tech companies, without a degree. I've encountered countless "professionals" with degrees who are, quite frankly, clueless in their own field. The point is: they're not even educated, sadly.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Take history, for example. Or look at nutritional science. OK, let's have a look at computer science, physics, chemistry, math.

by Kulasreva 1 day ago

I heard of doctoral students in their final year who can't interpret a patients ECG diagram. If you are good at memorising for the test, you will pass, but it doesn't make one intelligent.

by Automatic-Gold-5821 1 day ago

The difference between Intelligence and Wisdom I believe Intelligence is a measure for how much knowledge you have accumulated Wisdom is how well you apply and use the Knowledge you have aquired

by Flat-Sentence 1 day ago

Educated has 2 meanings: Being knowledgeable Getting a degree

by Queasy_Hair 1 day ago

One of the dumbest people I've ever had the displeasure of meeting had a PhD.

by altenwerthdaisy 1 day ago

Seems to be a recurring theme here, a good portion of folk who stay on for their masters, PHDs etc. Are the ones who were incapable of getting a job after their bachelors.

by tesshammes 1 day ago

Wow I feel attacked by this, even though I generally come across as a book smart nerd IRL This isn't an unpopular opinion btw

by Hot-Camera8781 1 day ago

Haha if you're self aware about it you're not the type I'm thinking about. I'm more thinking of the masters grads who think their rate of compensation is higher than the degree apprentice simply because they have an extra slip of paper. Which is an opinion you see quite often in engineering.

by tesshammes 1 day ago

I know, I've met enough Religious people in my time who were well educated to know that it doesn't always bring actual brains into the matter.

by krisalfredo 1 day ago

Although I agree that being educated doesn't mean smart. Education develops the brain making people smart(er) and raising their potential. That's why it's important to start school at a very young age. I also feel like you're simpling intelligence down to just one thing while its a variety of skills and capabilities.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I think there is a slight correlation between the two as a bumbling idiot with a low iq could never be a master at quantum physics or get a doctorate. There is the baseline of how smart someone is based one what they can learn and do. But they are not a direct link. I've met some pretty stupid people with a great education and visa versa

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Is this Dunning-Kruger satire?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Agreed, and those who say otherwise know they're stupid deep down and are trying to prove otherwise, I've had several people try to refute something I said with "I have a degree in blank".

by Ill-Ask3309 1 day ago

I 100% agree with you, OP. Formal education mostly measures memory retention, and computational ability.. basically your capacity to memorize information, and regurgitate them on a piece of paper. But it says very little about critical thinking, rational analysis, self-awareness, logical reasoning, intuition, or creativity. Personally, and not to brag, I'm a dropout. Yet by 18, I was working as a software engineer at multiple tech companies, without a degree. Meanwhile, many graduates in my country with engineering degrees are still unemployed. I've also self taught myself nutritional science, including biochemistry and physiology, to the point where I've Intellectually outpaced many formally educated dietitians. School is just one path to information. Books, the internet, and hands on experience often teach you more.. and faster.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

As the daughter & granddaughter of Montessori teachers, yep to that first paragraph.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

My dad used to say " I might be dumb, but I am not stupid."

by Sienna96 1 day ago

Most people I know that disagree with this are the people that realized school was just another business after paying for it.

by hamillrosalee 1 day ago

Idk mate, I was paid rather than paid myself to do my Masters and PhD.

by Kulasreva 1 day ago

I know this one guy who can read people like a book. It's absolutely wild how he goes through possibilities and reads how they react and play and adapts in real time. It's shocking. He plays Pokemon for a living. Not exactly educated per se, but smart as hell

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Going to school is insanely easy. All you have to do is show up, listen, then regurgitate what you've learned or bs your way through some papers depending on what course you are in. Strange that so many people fail their STEM classes though.

by Kulasreva 1 day ago

This is not unpopular, but this is true

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Obvious chatGPT.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It q00% tracks. Along with the misconception that having a lot of experience doing something inherenrently means you are good at it. It is very much possible that even tho you have been a "chef" for 25 years, your food is still a microwaved greasy mess.

by Chesleyblanda 1 day ago

Smart also doesn't mean wise

by Anonymous 1 day ago

My mom has a P.hD and she has no common sense whatsoever. Very hard worker and she built herself up to have a very successful career from basically nothing. But very simple tasks elude her. It's weird to see lol.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

No, but one's ability to engage with their education and one's success in it does typically correlate with their intelligence. Of course, there's a degree of "gamification" within education systems that can make up for a lack of intelligence (i.e., what you describe as memorizing textbooks) but the higher one goes in academia, the more often is that gamification simply the intelligence itself. The ability to recall information is, itself, a sign of intelligence; and the more complex the information being recalled, the more of a sign it is.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

My dad is a professor at harvard and I swear that man's an idiot

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I worked at a University, and hospitals with Dr's, Professors (real profs, not Americam Prof) and people so senior they lose the Dr and just become Mr again. Some of the smartest people on the planet are the absolute stupidest people you'll ever meet. Yeah great, you know everything there is to know about Gothic Literature, or you have literally cured cancer, but you can't cook your own toast because you'll set the house on fire.

by Yadira38 1 day ago

There are many sorts of intelligence. A person can be very intelligent in one field and an idiot in another. I have a friend who is truly brilliant. Self reflective, incredible at critical thinning, and can give you a good overview of the history of literally every single country in the world. That last point is not an exaggeration: we've quizzed him at length. He's also really good with people - a total social butterfly. But the man is the least mechanically adept person I've ever even heard of. He can get stumped looking at extremely simple contraptions that a child could manipulate. It's shocking how bad at it he is. I wouldn't sit on an IKEA chair he folded out, it's that bad. There is no paradox or contradiction inherent to this situation. People can be brilliant at some things and horrible at others.

by Cool_Performance 1 day ago