(August 22, 2016 at 6:37 am)bennyboy Wrote:(August 22, 2016 at 6:30 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I disagree. One may know a lot of things, which is what schools teach, but one might not know how to integrate those facts, which is what intelligence is.
If you are talking about a university, then it's not a very good one. In my experience, while there was some wrote memory, there was very much serious thinking, conventions, debates, cafe conversations with profs, etc.
I was talking about what you were talking about, an "education system" -- which means schools at all levels. I stand by the distinction I drew. Possessing a large number of facts doesn't make one smart.
By the way, that's "rote" memory
