"It's all good. I have a +15 to Knowledge checks."
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Typical brothers, gives you his cloak of wisdom instead of his cloak of knowledge. Never again Dave, that broke the centuries of trust we had built.
Dave's not here, man!
It's, Dave, man. Open up, I think the cops saw me come in here.
Cloak of Wisdom: “Should’ve got the Cloak of Knowledge.”
Cloak of Knowledge: "Should've got the Cloak of Understanding"
End result is him walking into the next test with fifty cloaks on.
"should have got the Cloak of Encumbrance"
Gonna need a Cloak of Cooling with all those layers
+10 wisdom, -100 regret 😭 the stats checked out way too late.
Is it exceedingly uncommon to just read the material, not study beyond that, and still test well?
Math and physics (or any subject that requires calculation) usually requires practice. Applying the knowledge in a short timeframe is different skillset then just having the knowledge.
That being said, for some people in STEM the homework is >90% of the practice that you need to pass the exams.
That is, unless it's a topic that's mainly memorization like medicine or organic chemistry
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It depends on the subject and the style of the test, imo. If it's conceptual, then yeah that's probably enough. If there's problems to be worked out, then it helps to some practice problems imo.
I will tell you the key to educational success: get the syllabus, study the topic before class including the homework if you can, use class to check your knowledge, after class review anything you found out in class you need to review. Use office hours to reinforce anything you're struggling with.
It may not work perfectly for everyone, but if it can get an idiot like me into every top ranked program in the world I've ever wanted to attend, it can probably do a little for you.
Not everyone learns the same way. Some people require tedious study to get the information to stick, while others can grasp the concepts and retain information when first presented.
The valedictorian of my high school class was one of the dumbest people I've ever met, but she spent an inordinate amount of time studying so she could regurgitate it on a test without actually understanding any of it.
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Another failure to understand intellect from wisdom
I've heard many different explanations of intelligence vs wisdom, and I used to think it made sense.
Like, intelligence is raw processing power while wisdom is having the advantage of experience.
Or like a smart man looks for oncoming cars before crossing a one-way street, while a wise man looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
But the more I know about the world, the less I think experienced people are necessarily wiser. They're only wiser if they have the intelligence, clarity, and willpower to learn from their past.
So to me, it seems that wisdom is more like the area under the intelligence curve. Which would make them inexorably linked.
Wisdom is more about how to apply knowledge to practical situations. It can be gained from experience, but not always, and sometimes it could be completely intuitional. Like someone in a situation they've never faced before, but instinctively knew what to do without really being able to explain why.
I agree that intelligence is about processing power, but in more human terms I think it's about being able to follow a trail of facts to their logical conclusions, and being able to extrapolate/interpolate accurately.
It's also commonly confused with knowledge, which is really just about how many facts you know. You can know a lot of things and still be stupid, and you can know few things and still be smart. I've met people who have memorized a lot of facts, but were incapable of actually thinking.
Time to wheel out an old classic:
Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to put tomatoes in fruit salad
Bonus: Charisma is selling tomato based fruit salad as salsa
Dexterity is dodging rotten tomatoes
Strength is punching a tomato so hard that it turns into ketchup.
No, dexterity is removing the stem/core without crushing the tomato, or slicing it without smushing it
Constitution is winning a tomato eating contest
Constitution is being able to digest a rotten tomato without getting sick or dying.
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The way that makes the most sense for me is intelligence is related to external learning (books, from others, from detailed observation, etc) whereas wisdom comes primarily from internal observation (self-reflection, personal experience, situational awareness, etc.)
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Most exams are measurements of neither. They're a test of knowledge.
You are technically correct. The best kind
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Before exam - Scumbag Brain: Bro I got you, come on let's go grab a drink!
During exam - Scumbag Brain: Dude they totally didn't cover any of this shit.
After Exam - Scumbag Brain: Oh hey buddy, you know all those answers you were looking for, here you go! Wow dude, you fucked up MAJOR.
A clever fellow has a telescope. He sees what everyone else sees, but clearer and sooner.
A smart fellow has a microscope. He can see things no one else sees.
A wise man has a mirror.
A cloak of knowledge would've been useful. Or if they are practical problems on the test, a cloak of intelligence.
But considering this guy isn't smart, he probably thought wisdom and intelligence are interchangeable. XD
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom tells you that it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.
Poor planning. Should have tried the cape on in advanced, it would have told him to study when there was still time.
But that would require the wisdom of forethought in the first place.
Or just curiosity
But then again, curiosity and wisdom often come as a package
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Get cloak of trickery instead, for cheating reasons.
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