Metaphysics of Intelligence

Funny rant I read yesterday, about a smart person not realising how dumb the average person is. ( Mathematician, said to have been unimpressed with AI progress, because IMO problems solved by AI celebrity were not deemed to be hard. )

"Smart" is a funny concept. This cuts to the root of the question about the metaphysics of intelligence. Everyone deems as smart, only the factors of products which they value.

- Folks who value things that can be bought with money, generally find financially wealthy people to be smart.

- Folks who value economy of thought, think shortcuts are smart.

- Folks who value spirituality and sentiment, think morality and emotional expressions are smart.

et cetera.

Hence, 

- A financier may not think an academician is smart, merely pedantic.

- A happy person may not think a capitalist is smart, merely greedy.

- A stoic may not think an artist is smart, merely impressionable.

Such is the folly of men.