Philosophy: the study of wisdom.

Knowledge is useless without the wisdom to use it as needed.

Intelligence: [en.wikipedia.org]

Wisdom: [en.wikipedia.org]

... as defined by Wikipedia.

Ultimately words have no intrinsic meaning. They are just used to describe something. So as long as we can agree on what we are describing then all is good..

Nothing worse in this world than a PHD that can't solve a simple word problem

Intelligence is the possession and comprehension of data; wisdom is knowing how to use it in non-dysfunctional ways. Intelligence is a fast CPU in your computer; wisdom is well-designed software running on it. Intelligence is terabytes of data; wisdom is useful conclusions drawn from it and meaningful plans of action in response to it.

I'm currently reading a book by mathematician Judea Perl called The Book of Why. It's a very accessible tour de force about the nature of sentience and being and how we might make machines that can truly reason in general-purpose ways and act as moral agents. His strong conclusion is that what makes us human (and good, wise humans) is the ability to comprehend cause and effect and imagine how we could improve on past performance (self-reflection). Most excitingly, he has found a way to represent such things mathematically, which means "hard AI" is both possible and feasible -- as is rationally grounded determinations about the best ways forward for society.

I know nothing, I see nothing. Sgt. Schultz

Intelligence is innate. Wisdom is memory.

If intelligence is your ability to understand than I suppose wisdom is a person's ability to use past experience to apply understanding to make informed choices or decisions.

Intelligence is something acquired through study.

Wisdom can sometimes be innate.

I've met small children with the ability to speak profound things and see through multiple bullshit filters.

Wisdom is a harder thing to acquire than intelligence.

Daily, the intelligent man learns something. Daily, the wise man gives up some certainty. Perhaps. After all certainty is only another delusion.

Maybe.... i read all kinds of books on flying gyrocopters. You really font know the whole truth until you become a pilot. I did.

'Well educated with no common sense', lyric from a bryan ferry song. Text at school in mid 60's, 'Uncommon common sense'. This could be nebulous, but my constitutional is calling, 9 holes and hopefully, no 3 putts.

Intelligence is knowing what to say. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.

Interesting read.

Yes, to always be open to learning is wise. Wisdom is knowing when to keep quiet. Not to knock intelligence, but it's not always wise to show everything you know, but to share your knowledge as necessary.

I so much prefer common sense.

The best description I've seen is that intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Intelligence is knowing how to play the bagpipes. Wisdom is never doing so.