I was brought up with the impression that wisdom was expressed through action. In other words, a wise person was someone who applied knowledge based on understanding, whereas a stupid person acted in a manner that was contrary to what he understood. The wise person stops at an intersection, checks traffic, then makes an informed decision as to whether or not to cross the street. The stupid person attempts to cross the street without checking traffic, even though he understands the way traffic works at an intersection. He knows he risks being hurt or even killed, yet takes no precautions to safeguard his health or his life.
By that reasoning, the wise person is more likely to prosper and the stupid person is more likely to suffer.
By that reasoning, the wise person is more likely to prosper and the stupid person is more likely to suffer.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould
