Do you think there is a difference between intelligence and educated?

Question

I have known many people who are well educated, but they don't think for themselves. I have known people who have inspired me in so many ways, yet some of them can't even read. Do you think there is a difference between the two, or are they basically the same concept?

Answer 1

Yes. You don't have to be either- to be either. An intelligent person can think & figure things out for himself. An educated person can be only as smart as the subject matter he was educated in. For example; An intelligent person might be able to figure out why a car has broken down & how to fix it. An educated one- might ONLY know how to fix it- if he'd taken a course in auto-mechanics along the way. -Otherwise, he wouldn't have a clue.

Answer 2

There most definitely is a difference, ask anyone who lives in a university city especially Cambridge or Oxford. While not all have social problems that stem from a lack of intelligence many do. They have been afforded an excellent education, which few in society get, unfortunately their education has not been enhanced by intelligence and they are doomed to be social failures apart from within their own small social circles.

Answer 3

As far as I see it, being Intelligent is more about your capacity to process information and to be patient enough to see beyond your first answer than it is about what you know. Though being educated increases your ability to effectively USE your intelligence. The more you know, the more comparisons you can make and the more accurate your final answer will be.

Being educated is merely piling information into the memory, though if you are intelligent, then you generally (though, not always) have an easier time becoming educated.

Another thing to consider is that just because someone didn't go to school doesn't mean that they are not educated. Many people learn from experience at a much faster rate than lecture and everyone learns from life experience in some way. Someone who is educated on the street often has an edge in their own arena over someone who is educated in a classroom. In the end everyone is different in their balance of learning and in their learning curve.

Answer 4

There is a difference. Education doesn't necessarily generate intelligence. There are two basic ways of learning, being taught and teaching yourself. Research based education does generate intelligence as does life, however Memory based education only generates memory. There is also a difference between information contained within your intellect and knowledge that is put to use. people with a lot of information but no outlet are what I call pseudo intellectuals whilst people who apply their knowledge are wise.
I guess this is why answering intelligent questions like this on yahoo answers is good, it serves as an information and knowledge outlet.

Answer 5

YES!
There are many intelligent people that have not had the circumstances in their life that could allow them to pursue a higher education and must reamain in manual labor or less intellectually emanding lifestyles.
But on the other hand, all of those who are educated must by necesity possess at least a modicum of intelligence to achieve and complete a demanding educational curriculum.
Anybody else agrees with me?

People first, status is meaningless in the our inherent worth as humans

Answer 6

Psychologist use a variety of tests to distinguish between the two. In short, intelligence is derived from genetics and measured through several forms of IQ tests. For example, how would you measure intuition? Today's theory puts emotional intelligence at the highest form of intelligence. Conversely, education is learned information from reading, writing, listening, viewing, experiencing, repetition and testing. The ability to learn or acquire new information and process that information to reach a conclusion is totally dependent upon a persons intellectual motor skills, i.e. intelligence.

Answer 7

I know many people who have a high degree of education, and absolutely no common sense. For example, my brother-in-law may have a doctorate, but he is an absolute idiot. One time, my husband (who is nothing like him, and hasn't graduated from college), was cutting down a tree in his mother's yard. It was almost down, so he went into the garage to get more rope to just pull it down the rest of the way (that way, he'd be sure to get it to fall right where he wanted it). When he came out, my brother-in-law was KNEELING in front of the tree, trying to count the rings to see how old it was! If the tree had come on down, it would have split his head open!

Answer 8

its a good question because they feed off each other....
intelligence is a combination of individual 'natural' ability and environmental factors that 'education' in a variety of ways brings....
to be educated fully means being open to these environmental factors and use them positively...
it takes a certain type of intelligence to do this...
those who show high intelligence benefit from and make good use of many different forms of education...
similarly the truly educated are those who know how to make use of a range of different types of intelligence to explore and expand upon their world.

Answer 9

Big difference.

Intelligence is innate; some people are born with this while others are not.

Aside from the school of hard knocks, education is bought and paid for.

An educated, intelligent person will use the education well.

And unintelligent, but educated person will just be - well, educated.

Answer 10

Very much so - it does not take an education for someone to be intelligent, but education makes intelligent people able to properly express themselves and to grow.