This Is Just Sad....

[energizer bunny]

Agree with whomever you wish. Though i'm not really sure what that was to do with anything i typed. 

So do you think intelligence should only be based on repeating like a parrot what has been taught to you? I always thought one should inquire much further than that and not limit themselves.

I look at intelligence as being able to synthesize the information at one's possession into a cogent and coherent outlook. Of course one could interrupt a discussion with repeated requests to google this or that tidbit, but firstly that would make for a laborious chat, and secondly -- and more importantly -- how would one vet that information in real-time?

There's a lot to be said for having a large base of knowledge stored between one's ears. It doesn't assure intelligence, but it surely supports and helps develop it.

Well yeah, if a person can use that knowledge to grow as a person and apply it in real life situations then absolutely. Though people use their intelligence differently. A person may not be good at geography but their only claim to knowledge is science and math and they use that knowledge to cure the sick. That is more useful than a person who is knowledgeable on many things but never applying it.