Intelligence takes a lot of different shapes. There's myth in our culture that if you're technical you're also smart. (The IT geek at your work wants you to keep believing this because it makes him feel good about himself and his crappy job.) The truth is that there is no direct correlation between being 'smart' and being 'technical'. Much that is technical is really, really dumb (trust me on this), and much that is non-technical is really quite clever.
For example, consider these hyper-realistic paintings from the artist Alexa Meade. You have to first imagine what such a thing thing will look like in your mind, then paint it in the world. I cannot even conceive of such a thing, never mind execute it. So now who's the smart one?
Special bonus: moar jaw-droppingly hyper-realistic paintings, especially this one from Jason de Graaf.
Image copyright Alexa Meade.
Hat tip to Scott for the link. He's got more pictures in his post.
1 comment:
Could not agree more with your take on intelligence. Anyone needing proof please come to my work and ask all the "smart" people there a really difficult question like, how are you doing today? Then sit back and watch the retard happen. Oh yeah, thanks for posting the photos.
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