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Perry defends death penality
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17/09/2011 12:02:59
 
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>>I once heard the definition that intelligence is something that you get by birth, smartness is how you use your intelligence.
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>>If you insist that intelligent = smart and that smart = intelligent, then I shake my head in disbelief, and silently exit from this thread.
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>May I propose the word Wise?
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>Intelligent/smart people are not necessarily wise.

I conclude that intelligence and smartness may have another meaning in English than in Norwegian. In Norwegian they are far from synonyms.

To simplify the common definitions we use, intelligence describes your ability to consume knowledge, while smartness describes how you use your knowledge.
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