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Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.

But fear not as the brain trust over at Harvard Medical School came up with the following as taken an article entitled, "Medicine in a Changing World," [from the online "News and Research" section of their website]. Unsurprisingly, the conclusion reached has absolutely nothing to do with the subject-matter introduced...further proof that high IQ's are not necessarily correlated with productive thinking.

In science, the term “half-life” refers to the time it takes for a quantity of a substance to reduce itself by one-half. Today, the half-life of medical knowledge is currently about 18-24 months, and it is projected that in about four years that half-life will be only 73 days.

As a result, medical decisions are becoming more complex because the volume of information is far in excess of human capabilities to retain. Fortunately, we are currently in the “cognitive computing era” and can do phenomenal things with the advent of programmable computer code. And machines can now reprogram themselves.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/medicine-changing-world

The correct conclusion should be that all information is born, lives shorter and shorter lives, and dies. Therefore, it is essential that you resist clinging on to anything that you know will be at the top of the trash heap really soon. It actually demands that one approach information in a completely different way.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.

But fear not as the brain trust over at Harvard Medical School came up with the following as taken an article entitled, "Medicine in a Changing World," [from the online "News and Research" section of their website]. Unsurprisingly, the conclusion reached has absolutely nothing to do with the subject-matter introduced...further proof that high IQ's are not necessarily correlated with productive thinking.

In science, the term “half-life” refers to the time it takes for a quantity of a substance to reduce itself by one-half. Today, the half-life of medical knowledge is currently about 18-24 months, and it is projected that in about four years that half-life will be only 73 days.

As a result, medical decisions are becoming more complex because the volume of information is far in excess of human capabilities to retain. Fortunately, we are currently in the “cognitive computing era” and can do phenomenal things with the advent of programmable computer code. And machines can now reprogram themselves.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/medicine-changing-world

The correct conclusion should be that all information is born, lives shorter and shorter lives, and dies. Therefore, it is essential that you resist clinging on to anything that you know will be at the top of the trash heap really soon. It actually demands that one approach information in a completely different way.

well there's nothing new under the sun, only what was known that you didn't know, and the next gen. won't know.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.
..........

I believe the majority of people understood by now that the human intellect is merely a tool to acquire knowledge.
The likely exception will be from some members of MENSA who proudly bragged about their high IQ number wherever they go.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.

What is the so-called 'tool', 'human intellect', for, EXACTLY, to you?

And, WHY do you propose and allege that this 'tool' is ESSENTIAL to your every day lives?

To me, 'human intellect' is what is STOPPING and PREVENTING 'you', human beings, from REALIZING thee True POTENTIAL. So, who are these ones who are supposedly 'over-estimating' 'human intellect'?

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm But fear not as the brain trust over at Harvard Medical School came up with the following as taken an article entitled, "Medicine in a Changing World," [from the online "News and Research" section of their website].

Using the words 'in a Changing World' implies that there were some of 'you', human beings, who thought that the 'world' was at some point NOT 'changing'.

Which is ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE of 'human intellect' just getting in the way.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Unsurprisingly, the conclusion reached has absolutely nothing to do with the subject-matter introduced...further proof that high IQ's are not necessarily correlated with productive thinking.

'iq' tests are NOT conducted on 'intelligence' but rather on 'intellect', which, again, is just ANOTHER EXAMPLE of how 'human intellect' DISTORTS and TWISTS 'things' around.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm In science, the term “half-life” refers to the time it takes for a quantity of a substance to reduce itself by one-half. Today, the half-life of medical knowledge is currently about 18-24 months, and it is projected that in about four years that half-life will be only 73 days.

As a result, medical decisions are becoming more complex because the volume of information is far in excess of human capabilities to retain. Fortunately, we are currently in the “cognitive computing era” and can do phenomenal things with the advent of programmable computer code. And machines can now reprogram themselves.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/medicine-changing-world

The correct conclusion should be that all information is born, lives shorter and shorter lives, and dies. Therefore, it is essential that you resist clinging on to anything that you know will be at the top of the trash heap really soon.

But WHY 'cling' onto ANY 'thing', which is NOT needed or unnecessary anyway?

Also, there is information that exists, relatively, forever, and which it would be much better if HELD ONTO, for just as long.

So, NOT ALL information is born, living shorter and shorter lives.

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm It actually demands that one approach information in a completely different way.

If, and WHEN, 'you', adult human beings, START LOOKING AT and thus end up SEEING 'things' in a completely different way, then 'you' do now, in the days when this is being written, then 'things' can START to CHANGE for the BETTER ALSO.

Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:05 am

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.
..........

I believe the majority of people understood by now that the human intellect is merely a tool to acquire knowledge.
The likely exception will be from some members of MENSA who proudly bragged about their high IQ number wherever they go.

It appears that the majority of people use their intellect as a portal to what they believe Reality is.

simplicity wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:31 pm

Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:05 am

simplicity wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:01 pm Over the past months, I have been attempting to make the case that the human intellect is nothing more than a very simple tool, albeit one essential to our every day lives, its capacity has been seriously over-estimated to the point where most folks don't know whether they are coming or going.
..........

I believe the majority of people understood by now that the human intellect is merely a tool to acquire knowledge.
The likely exception will be from some members of MENSA who proudly bragged about their high IQ number wherever they go.

It appears that the majority of people use their intellect as a portal to what they believe Reality is.

I don't believe that is the case with the majority of people.

The majority are driven by their evolutionary drive for 'certainty' and primary emotions to believe what Reality is so that it will facilitate to give them a greater chance of survival.
To jump to the conclusion spontaneously that 'the piece of rope in the shade' is a snake!! did give our ancestors a greater chance of survival, thus this 'program' is adapted in our DNA [& majority] which we need to loosen to deal with a different environment in the present and future.

It is a minority of so-called 'smart-alecs' who will go to the end of the Earth to reinforce their shallow-necessary-beliefs with dogmatism.

These are the so-called smart-vertical-thinkers in contrast to the lateral-broad-thinkers. They are the one who outsmart themselves to be "stupid" with matters of reality.