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What does true intelligence look like to you? (hexbear.net)
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How would you describe it?

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[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

Observation without ego. It takes courageous honesty to seek truth when it is often not what we want it to be. I think too many people get stuck on ideas that please them whether those ideas are correct or not.

An honest person does not choose their beliefs, they believe what is most likely true given all available evidence. If a person is not open to the idea of changing their beliefs, they can never get closer to the truth.