The Resurrection of Common Sense
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CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INTELLIGENT PERSON (INTELLIGENT) One who processes information based primarily on logic and reasoning. A Disappointing Discovery A man once believed he was this incredibly intelligent person. One day he woke up and was both shocked and dismayed to discover he was not as intelligent as he believed himself to be. He came to realize that it was his association with people who were not very smart that made him feel so intelligent. Most of us view ourselves as being intelligent. The reason for this is that we tend to set our own criteria about what defines intelligence. By magnifying our good points and masking everything else, it becomes easier for us to place ourselves in the category of being intelligent. In reality, percentage wise, there are only a hand full of intelligent people in the world today. There are even less in the United States of America. Using the above definition to define intelligent, I have arrived at my own personal conclusion as to where we, here in America, are positioned on my scale of intelligence. A mere fraction of one percent of the people in this country are actually intelligent. Twenty-four point nine percent are what I consider smart. An overwhelming fifty percent are not very smart. The remaining twenty-five percent are just plain old stupid. I use the word stupid not to be offensive, it just happens to be the most appropriate word our English language has to offer. That being said, the difference between a stupid person and an intelligent person is their ability to apply logic and reason over their emotions when making important decisions. This may seem like an easy thing to achieve, but it is anything but. To put things into perspective, intelligence has nothing to do with finance. Neither does it have anything to do with the level of education one has attained. A stupid person can be both wealthy and educated. Intelligence is simply what is stated in the above definition. Nothing more and nothing less. Below is a brief description of each category on my scale of intelligence. As with every subject in this book, this scale is based on my opinion. You do not have to agree.
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“ What reward can be more precious than the reward we receive from the power of knowledge. To achieve this, we must first set aside our emotions and allow logic to take control. Only then can we bring back our God given natural ability to reason, otherwise known as, common sense. ” ---D.W.
About the Author
Donald Walker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the Fall of 1949. After graduating from high school, he decided to pursue a career in the field of music as a musician and bandleader. Relocating to Los Angeles in the winter of 1970, Donald spent the next two and a half decades involved in the business of music. He recorded the events from that period in a book entitled “ The Unknown Musician. ” In the spring of 1994, Donald gave up his career in music and returned to Milwaukee where he began working in law enforcement. After retiring from law enforcement in the summer of 2007, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Dividing his time between writing and playing music, Donald enjoys the peace of mind that comes with realizing his dreams, one day at a time.