Is it true that a well read person is intelligent?

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

Not necessarily ,if you are suggesting and confining,constricting reading to books only!Intelligence is a cognitive, mental process which may be aided by a host of sources of which books form an important one but denial access to them in no way makes one less intelligent if he or she is capable of enriching himself or herself through superior cognitive powers. It is equally important to bear intelligence existed before physical books. Thousands of years back marks of intelligence shone gloriously independent of books!

ChinMoy, you gave me a surprise.

Coming to the point, I agree with all you said

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

Not necessarily ,if you are suggesting and confining,constricting reading to books only!Intelligence is a cognitive, mental process which may be aided by a host of sources of which books form an important one but denial access to them in no way makes one less intelligent if he or she is capable of enriching himself or herself through superior cognitive powers. It is equally important to bear intelligence existed before physical books. Thousands of years back marks of intelligence shone gloriously independent of books!

That is so absolutely true given the fact that most of our grand structures and wonders that have withstood the ravages of time were built at a time when there were no books..Even the knowledge that has been passed down to us came from superior brains thriving on experience and highly developed cognitive skills

Reasoning power and simple common sense works better than mere book knowledge .. However, with changing times books and written knowledge has gained a lot of importance which many tend to associate with intelligence levels in a person . 

Arunima Singh wrote:

I work with special need children. My younger daughter struggles with dyslexia but her IQ lies in superior intelligence. Reading is a skill. She struggles with reading but no one can doubt her superior intelligence in field of Music, Art, Theatre and Cooking. She is outstanding in those areas and beams with pride for her achievements. She is much slower at reading but can express beautifully through stories and stick drawing or illustration. If we ignore mirror images and spelling errors, her sentence structure and choice of words is much beyond her age. She has developed her vocabulary by listening to the books that my elder daughter, my husband and I have read to her. My elder one reads voraciously. She also wants to read like her sister but her limitations due to dyslexia hampers it. But she is very intelligent

Your daughter is very fortunate to have a mother like you who can recognise the special needs of the children and so can help your daughter learn using different methods. A close friend of mine who is a teacher in a primary school failed to recognise dyslexia in her son and it was identified only when the school asked her get him checked by a consultant. Until this happened, he was already in seventh grade and she missed a precious time to devise methods of teaching him effectively. But I feel that academic learning is not the sole criteria for judging a child's intelligence. There are so many famous people who were dyslexic, made it to the top of the world in their respective fields. Some of them include Steven Spielberg, director of so many classic and cult movies, Anne Bancroft and I think, even Cher is supposed to be dyslexic. So I think you are doing great with her in encouraging her creative talents. With patience, she will learn soon enough.

usha manohar wrote:

Reasoning power and simple common sense works better than mere book knowledge .. However, with changing times books and written knowledge has gained a lot of importance which many tend to associate with intelligence levels in a person . 

That too and also the ability to process information and react to it in an appropriately emotional manner, which is nothing but what is called as an emotional quotient. A person with quite high IQ, who does well in exams and get good grades but is unable to take negative outcomes properly cannot be called as truly intelligent. Or maybe, it is that intelligence is not much use if it is not accompanied by common sense or a little bit of wisdom.

I agree. Intelligence is not of much use, if it is not applied to the real life conditions.

rambabu wrote:

I agree. Intelligence is not of much use, if it is not applied to the real life conditions.

Wow what a revelation as usual from you, parroting others posts ...

As usual charging my version as Parroting. Please go ahead.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Reasoning power and simple common sense works better than mere book knowledge .. However, with changing times books and written knowledge has gained a lot of importance which many tend to associate with intelligence levels in a person . 

That too and also the ability to process information and react to it in an appropriately emotional manner, which is nothing but what is called as an emotional quotient. A person with quite high IQ, who does well in exams and get good grades but is unable to take negative outcomes properly cannot be called as truly intelligent. Or maybe, it is that intelligence is not much use if it is not accompanied by common sense or a little bit of wisdom.

Absolutely  true Kalyani,  have seen many brilliant brains getting tied up in knots when it comes to simple every day problems..

@ rambabu , when you have nothing worthwhile to add , rather than parroting other members posts and ideas, have the decency to refrain from posting just for points

Reading is not a mandatory mark of intelligence.Some people have very vast knowledge but they lack intelligence to use that knowledge in proper way.Intelligence is a skill to use smartly your knowledge which is obviously acquired by reading.

Reading is not a mandatory mark of intelligence.Some people have very vast knowledge but they lack intelligence to use that knowledge in proper way.Intelligence is a skill to use smartly your knowledge which is obviously acquired by reading.

Intelligence is also the capacity to use ones common sense to ones advantage. However, reading can and does enhance ones intelligence..

I always believe that reading of any kind is very important to gain knowledge but for me that very person is intelligent who puts his/her acquired knowledge from reading into a practical use. What's the value of that knowledge which cannot be used practically when one requires it the most. It actually leads everything to zero and spoils everything at the end. Thuss, such a person is not intelligent. 

Shampa Sadhya wrote:

I always believe that reading of any kind is very important to gain knowledge but for me that very person is intelligent who puts his/her acquired knowledge from reading into a practical use. What's the value of that knowledge which cannot be used practically when one requires it the most. It actually leads everything to zero and spoils everything at the end. Thuss, such a person is not intelligent. 

I agree that a balance is important . At times everyday problems need common sense which is not strictly book knowledge ..I remember an old story I read about a brilliant professor who sat reading in a room flooded with water and when his wife came home and asked what he was doing, he is supposed to have said , he was trying to stop the water..she went and turned the valve off and cleared the drain hole and the professor was left scratching his head.May be exaggerated but what is important is practical knowledge 

Came across this quote. ..

Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.

learning new things expands your knowledge whether you read it in a book, listen to podcast, watch a video or experience things yourself.  However, reading gives you an edge over the other medium. you can refine and and choose the stuff you want to know about of the time you want to devote it to.

While reading helps you grow, it could also make you a dreamer and an unsociable person, as long as an individual is able to draw the line ..

I read a lot on Yoga. The knowledge thus acquired by reading  the Books on yoga, I use it by regularly performing Yoga Asanas. That is what I read is applied in the real life

mohan manohar wrote:

General perception is that the people who read much tends to be intelligent. Which could be true or false as the term and the factors of intelligences seems to be good for some one and seems to be idiotic in senses. It is more of a comparable and situational term. Reading proves to be exercise of bring and it is the approximate for every person as the fruitfulness of reading cold fetch large dividend to some one where as it could provide lesser increment of knowledge to some other. 

That is true to a great extent..

Just reading a lot is not enough. One should understand  and  spread wnat you read and help those who are really in need of knowledge.