stupid - uneducated- inarticulate?

Question

What makes a person stupid? Is it lack of common sense or not knowing anything? Could someone that is educated still be stupid? Can you really be inarticulate and still be intelligent, and vice versa?

Answer 1

Removing any chance of mental difficiency, I believe what makes someone stupid is refusing to learn when there are many opportunities to do so. People who don't have any interest in their education..who never read a book or a newspaper..who won't listen to the ideas of others - and have no interest in them are probably going to be "stupid".

It's almost like they close themselves off from the real world and live in a closed environment refusing all positive stimulation. They watch too much TV, adapt the ideas of their friends or relatives without having any interest in finding things out for themselves. They never listen to or have an interest in an opposing point of view.

There just aren't that many countries in the world that offers free public eduction K-12 and yet the drop-out rate is outrageous. People without an education are unable to communicate, cannot express themselves clearly, usually have no grasp of spelling, grammar or abstract thought. This leads to further isolation.

Just a theory, you understand.

As to the other part of your question, I don't believe that intelligence comes from education nor does having an education make one intelligent. Some intelligence, I believe, is inherited and then supported by parents and family that encourage curiosity and learning - especially reading. Some intelligence is gained by life experience, higher education, or just plain reading.

If you look at some of our greatest "minds", you can see that they all are not well-educated nor well-spoken and some are down right flaky and yet they have changed the way we look at things.

Einstein comes to mind.....he was a terrible student and actually failed Math over and over - and yet, look at his accomplishments....

Answer 2

Stupid people know what they do, therefore deserve the common label as "stupid." they're nothing but an overused phrased. Yes, an educated perosn can be stupid! They can do something immature which is a subtopic in the pool of "stupid" Inarticulate people cant express themselves the same as others, but that by no shot means they can't be intelligent. Tkae a look at A Beautiful Mind. A schizophrenic can most definitely be intelligent! Those who can't express themselves with teh use of syntax may find the general spectrum of arithmitic to be a better expression. The same can go for someone who will ahve a wy with words but not with math.

Answer 3

Intelligence is, I think, not closely connected to education. Stupidity does limit the things that a person is capable of learning, but a person can be seemingly well-educated while still being stupid. Likewise a very intelligent person can not be well-educated at all.

Answer 4

I think there is a difference between being stupid and being inarticulate or having poor common sense.
We are all born with a certain level of intelligence and with the proper schooling and parenting we acheive our full potential.
BUT, with minimal parenting, and/or poor schooling, even though we may still be intelligent, we have not been taught to use it. We have poor common sense, we can write or speak well, and we appear "stupid" to the world. It's sad,. isn't it?

Answer 5

"Stupidity" is not any one particular thing, its a way of life, something achieved by choice.
Lack of common sense hinders one greatly at times but isn't responsible for it on its own.
Yes! Its not the actual education in question, its how its used.... or rather NOT used!
Yes, many people who are not articulate are very intelligent, & visa~versa.

Answer 6

Without measure for those qualities how does one know which is which. All I can say is if a person does not regard their self as their own property maintained and developed of their own exertion and motive reason, then they are the slave and perhaps master also, by reason of superstition. Retardation is not homogeneous universal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_Syndrome

'An autistic savant (historically described as idiot savant) is a person with both autism and Savant Syndrome [1]. Savant Syndrome describes a person having both a severe developmental or mental handicap and extraordinary mental abilities not found in most people. The Savant Syndrome skills involve striking feats of memory and often include arithmetic calculation and sometimes unusual abilities in art or music.'

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/piaget.html

Stages of Cognitive Development. Piaget identified four stages in cognitive development:

Sensorimotor stage (Infancy). In this period (which has 6 stages), intelligence is demonstrated through motor activity without the use of symbols. Knowledge of the world is limited (but developing) because its based on physical interactions / experiences. Children acquire object permanence at about 7 months of age (memory). Physical development (mobility) allows the child to begin developing new intellectual abilities. Some symbollic (language) abilities are developed at the end of this stage.

Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood). In this period (which has two substages), intelligence is demonstrated through the use of symbols, language use matures, and memory and imagination are developed, but thinking is done in a nonlogical, nonreversable manner. Egocentric thinking predominates

Concrete operational stage (Elementary and early adolescence). In this stage (characterized by 7 types of conservation: number, length, liquid, mass, weight, area, volume), intelligence is demonstarted through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects. Operational thinking develops (mental actions that are reversible). Egocentric thought diminishes.

Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood). In this stage, intelligence is demonstrated through the logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts. Early in the period there is a return to egocentric thought. Only 35% of high school graduates in industrialized countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood.

Answer 7

I often feel that my inability to speak well hinders others perception of my intelligence... and I'm sure it's the other way around... just because someone speaks with great poise does not necessarily mean they posses high intelligence!

Answer 8

the merriam webster dictionary says:
stupid- very dull in mind; showing or resulting from numbness of mind

when you think of dull, you think of it not being sharp. have you ever hear the phrase :you're not the sharpest tool in the shed" or anything else similar? i believe this means you have no common sense or lack of good decision making. to not know anything is to be ignorant or mentally challenged.

Answer 9

If a tree falls in the forest? Perception only..

Answer 10

I always think making racist comments makes people sound incredibly stupid. Even if they're not educated, they should know better.