Is there no greater evidence of superior intelligence than being surprised at nothing?

Question

This question is another way of saying what Shakespeare did in Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are deamt of in your philosophy."

Answer 1

The greatest evidence of such intelligence is most assuredly to exhibit rapturous wonder in the presence of all things, to live always in the understanding of the miracle that runs through all things.

Answer 2

If I understand your reasoning correctly - that is to say, to be able to predict the coming of anything which life throws your way must demonstrate the possession of a formidable store of knowledge and mental acumen - then I agree to the extent that the more one knows, and the more numerous one's analytical tools are, then the more capable one is to understand the world and its happenings and denizens.

The ground I have for differing from your opinion is that this hypothesis cannot perceivably be substantiated by way of experiments. Supposing one knows so much that one cannot ever be surprised, one must be omniscient - all-knowing, in other words. Such an achievement seems to me humanly impossible both in the present and near future.

Moreover, since we cannot ever hope to know all there is to know of the world (i.e., attain omniscience), then there is all the more reason to desire more frequently the surprise of understanding something which one has not comprehended before, for that comprehension enables the accumulation of one more bit of knowledge.

Answer 3

http://www.megagenius.com
"Extraordinary Knowing," Elizabeth Mayer, Ph.D.
"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Olga Kharitidi, M.D.
http://www.divinecosmos.com
http://www.heartmath.org

Answer 4

Check out Albert Einstein quotes, he says exactly the opposite. If intelligence is demonstrated by creative solutions to problems, and nothing surprises you, then you are not thinking of creative solutions now, are you? If one is surprised at nothing, find the ledge.

Answer 5

It would seem to me that an intelligent being would show surprise and wonder at something new.

Answer 6

Nah, this dialogue might suggest intelligence, but wouldnt it also suggest cynicism?

Answer 7

superior intelligence is realizing that nothing in life is superior. no matter how smart, rich, pretty,or talented you THINK you are you will still die like everyone else.