Neither of these words, intelligence or truth, should be used without qualification and quantification. In other words intelligence is not the same everywhere it is found and the truth tends to vary even when we think we have it pinned down. Except for mathematics and a few sciences, truth seems to be elusive.
If intelligence were the same in every individual, given a set of facts, each would arrive at the same conclusion Experience tells us that this rarely happens. We must conclude that intelligence is not a constant and is often impressed by some influence outside of intelligence, some kind of prejudice perhaps. This information tells us that because someone is said to be intelligent, it does not mean that his conclusions are necessarily fact-based.
Truth is the son of intelligence. It is derived from the use of intelligence to determine what is true and what is not. If every possible knowable fact is considered and no prejudice is involved, a truth may emerge. If a single fact is left out or a prejudice is introduced, the resulting "truth" would differ from the first example. Often, because of prejudice, only the facts that support the prejudice are considered. This happens in the case of ideologies.
For many of us the truth is not relevant. We believe what we believe, act on our beliefs using them in our actions and judgements. This is comfortable but results in people with varying codes of behavior which could be detrimrntal to a society. If truth is only relative, who knows what others believe?
If intelligence were the same in every individual, given a set of facts, each would arrive at the same conclusion Experience tells us that this rarely happens. We must conclude that intelligence is not a constant and is often impressed by some influence outside of intelligence, some kind of prejudice perhaps. This information tells us that because someone is said to be intelligent, it does not mean that his conclusions are necessarily fact-based.
Truth is the son of intelligence. It is derived from the use of intelligence to determine what is true and what is not. If every possible knowable fact is considered and no prejudice is involved, a truth may emerge. If a single fact is left out or a prejudice is introduced, the resulting "truth" would differ from the first example. Often, because of prejudice, only the facts that support the prejudice are considered. This happens in the case of ideologies.
For many of us the truth is not relevant. We believe what we believe, act on our beliefs using them in our actions and judgements. This is comfortable but results in people with varying codes of behavior which could be detrimrntal to a society. If truth is only relative, who knows what others believe?
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