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6/28/2011

A General Announcement About Intelligence and Our Discussions

One meaning of the word "intelligence" is: the MENTAL ABILITY to explore subjects deeply and thus gain more than the conventional, often faulty, understanding of things. (Used in varying degrees by those who have it.)

Another meaning of the word "intelligence": the RESULTS of having engaged in a deeper explanation of subjects, such as little known facts, personal insights, creative thinking, wisdom.

Please note: just because I disagree with your opinions about something -

...in other words, just because what seem to me to be MY own little known facts, personal insights, creative thinking, and wisdom, are different from what seem to you to be YOUR little known facts, personal insights, creative thinking, and wisdom...

Does not mean I am questioning your intelligence in the first sense. However, if you continue to tell yourself that is what I'm doing, then it it is not inappropriate for me to begin to wonder.