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2006-09-04 05:48:00 · 30 answers · asked by andylefty 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
For some people, usually those of emotional temperament, yes. Some others learn abundantly by observation. A minority learn by real intuition (the faculty of knowing truth from within, without data).
2006-09-04 05:53:05 · answer #1 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At times I would say absolutely! But then I see folks with a ton of experience and they have not gained one ounce of wisdom. I think conventional wisdom is gained by getting out into the world and discovering how people interact and how things occur. Look at baseball mangers for an example. They study their opponents, yet until they are out on the field, they do not learn all the little tricks of the trade, getting a real gut feeling about what an opposing team manager might do next.
Usually, book knowledge will only go so far. It is in the application of that knowledge on a try-and-fail basis that you understand what does and does not work in certain situations. Knowledge is valuable and can be attained from books, but wisdom to use that knowledge is generally only attained by action.
2006-09-04 17:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by DA R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gaining wisdom through experience is good. However, our life is short and we can't possibly have time for all the different experiences that are going to make us more clever or more knowledgeable. That's when reading comes in handy (or, for that matter, surfing the Internet, talking and listening to people, participating in a site like Yahoo!ANSWERS). Other people's experiences, though not first-hand, sometimes are just as valuable as ours, and, what's better, they save us from going through the hard parts and the risks. But, of course, what is true for one person might not be true for you so don't adopt everything people tell you as if it were your own experience.
2006-09-04 13:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe so, experience is most certainly the quickest way to learn something new but not the only way.
Wisdom can also be gained from listening to people who you know, KNOW what they are talking about, the problem with this method of learnign is that far too many people think they KNOW what they are talking about when really they have simply been misinformed themselves.
2006-09-04 12:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by Katie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember when I held my baby daughter in my arms and looked into her eyes she seemed sooooo wise, wiser than I could ever hope to be. She lost that of course...
I think sometimes, if you sit very still and stop worrying and fretting about everything, you just kind of know. Nothing specific, you just know.
Experience teaches you how to behave and interact with other people through trial and error. Not really the same thing as wisdom.
2006-09-04 12:53:15 · answer #5 · answered by granny2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You could be born with an enourmous intellect but locked in a room for 20 years without stimulation would leave this intellect undeveloped and therefore useless. There was a documantry on this recently and children who grew up with dogs acted like dogs. They were scarred for life and would never be normal.
This is a good aspect of life I believe because it means that anyone can have the chance at success. There are no idiots, just those who are on the wrong path.
2006-09-04 12:52:58 · answer #6 · answered by mick241602 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ironically YES. because everything we feel, smell, hear, taste or see is gained through the senses by experience.
If you define wisdom as the application of reason, rationality and commonsense to your experiences then wisdom is the knowledge gained from reflection and filtering of your experiences to produce guidelines of behavoiur to achieve beneficial or intended outcomes, that is - wisdom comes only through thought applied to experience or from experience.
Everything we feel, smell, hear, taste or see is gained through the senses by experience.
2006-09-04 14:08:53 · answer #7 · answered by Tuaneri A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
It doesn't matter where you came from, who you are or even how old you are. Experience is what makes us who we are now and how we perceive things.
I know someone who is quite young and has a wise head on her shoulders because of what she has experienced in her life growing up and yet I also know an elderly person who is as daft as a brush! He is so gullible and naive for his "age".
Wisdom is certainly gained thru experience only.
2006-09-04 18:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by The purple sock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly yes, but you can learn from others to gain knowledge and wisdom
2006-09-07 07:12:28 · answer #9 · answered by no1charmerlondon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, wisdom can be defined as "applied knowledge".
I guess you can gain wisdom by applying the things you have learned from secular education and books, and of course, learning from your mistakes.
Meditating on learned things and how they can be put to use thus, can also further enhance wisdom.
2006-09-04 12:54:35 · answer #10 · answered by shinkaide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋