Haye everyone!
earlier today, I've read a post from @krakonos here on Steemit which got me thinking . And of course, why should I work on my massively behind the schedule Master thesis, when I can write something here on Steemit instead....sounds legit, so here I go:
Example situation
Several years ago, I remember my math teacher at high-school repeating over and over again how stupid we are and that we're not even learning half of the stuff they had to when she was younger. Poor lady...BUT! the fact is she's right. While my father, who never seen any math after left high school is completely familiar with e.g integrals and derivatives, I've had to take part in an advanced seminar for guys who plan to study IT to learn it. Currently, my little sis is taking the very same course for future IT students in the very same school - but there's no mention about integrals in their schedule. Does this validate a theory of the math teacher, that we're more stupid?
Knowledge vs. Intelligence - they are not the same!
I honestly don't think so. To talk more about this, I feel we need to define what being stupid means. Is it a lack of knowledge or lack of IQ? There's a huge misunderstanding among people regarding answering this question. I think the correct answer is the option B - lacking IQ. Actually, I know it :DStupid person is not necessarily a person without knowledge..
When I compare myself with my father, there's no way in hell I could do better in "Who wants to be a millionaire" competition against him. But I don't feel I'm stupid compared to him. "Just gimme my computer with internet and I can go all day!" .
I hope we've already agreed on equation stupid = not intelligent, but what is actually the definition of intelligence? I've heard once a pretty cool one and I think it makes all the sense. Actually, I know it again.
Intelligence is a skill of being able to effectively solve complex problems.
Boom, I love that punchline...Also this definition closed the circle and brings me back to my request of computer and internet connection.
Millenials, Generation Z, evolution and the "cloud storage"
One undeniable strength of human race is being able to assimilate to the environment. Eskymos living near the poles have more body-fat to keep their body temperature up and Africans living near the equator have the black skin accustomed to the daily heat. Last 2 generations in first and second world countries live in the information boom. News, movies, podcasts, social media, youtube - all blasting information in our direction. It's impossible to process it all so evolution took control of the situation and made our brain's guard and filter much stronger.
There's a huge cloud storage of knowledge called Internet and we know we can always go back there and find what we need. Carrying knowledge in our brains became obsolete. We tend to forget and we even tend to not even try to remember. But all this not because we are stupid but because we know, how and where to find these information much better than any other generation before. If there are some programmers here, I guess they'd agree that it's more effective to store a pointer to the array rather than array itself :)
Thanks for reading! Martin
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Mother tongue version
Cavte vsetci!
hned na zaciatok otazka o niecom uplne inom: Vsimol som si, ze v tage #cesky nepouzivate botov. Aj ked mi koncept botov prijde uplne nechutny, viem ze ich budem aj nadalej pouzivat, pretoze chcem aby si ludia moje clanky precitali. Proste taka moznost existuje a nebudem ju silou mocou ignorovat. Chcel som sa spytat - nevadi, ze tym vpodstate spamujem trending page #cesky tagu? Mam tento tag prestat pouzivat? Alebo pripadne postovat cesku verziu separatne a bez upvotov od botov? Aky je na to Vas nazor, nechcem byt ten o ktorom si kazdy potichu mysli - "hm to je ten debil, co vkuse pouziva botov a cela trending page su len jeho posty". Dajte vediet! A teraz k clanku...
dnes doobeda som si precital post of @krakonos, ktory vo mne nastartoval prud myslienok. A samozrejme, preco by som mal pisat diplomovku, kde som mesiace pozadu za planom, ked mozem vysedavat na Steemite :):
Priklad
Pamatam si, ako sa pred par rokmi ucitelka matiky na gympli dokol stazovala, vraj ze sme sprosti a to ona ked studovala, tak osnovy boli omnoho tazsie.Chudatko pani ucitelka...ALE! na druhej strane musim povedat, ze ma pravdu. Moj otec, ktory od gymnazia matematiku nevidel si pamata, ze na gympli robili derivacie aj integraly. Ja som sa musel prihlasit na pokrocily matematicky seminar pre buducich studentov informatiky, aby sme tieto veci prebrali. No a moja segra, momentalne maturujuca na tej istej skole je zapisana na ten isty pokrocily seminar - no o derivaciach a integraloch ani chyru ani slychu. Potvrdzuje to teda teoriu mojej ucitelky matematiky, ze dnesna generacia je jednoducho hlupejsia?Vedomosti vs. Inteligencia - dve odlisne veci!
Nemyslim si. Aby sme mohli pokracovat, treba definovat co znamena byt hlupy. Je to malo vedomosti alebo nizka inteligencia? Myslim si, ze spravna odpoved je B, nizka inteligencia. Popravde, nie nemyslim, viem to :DClovek s malo vedomostami nemusi byt vzdy hlupy clovek..
Ked sa porovnam s mojim otcom, viem, ze nie je najmensia sanca aby som ho porazil v Milionarovi. Ale zaroven sa necitim oproti nemu hlupy. "Dajte mi moj pocitac s pripojenim na internet a mozem hrat milionara cely den!" .
Dufam, ze sme sa uz zhodli na rovnici hlupost = nizka inteligencia...ale co je teda vlastne ta inteligencia? Raz som pocul super definiciu a myslim si, ze dava zmysel a je spravna. Popravde, nie nemyslim, znova to viem
Inteligencia je schopnost efektivne riesit komplexne a zlozite problemy a situacie.
Boom, zboznujem tu vetu, uplne kladivo!....Zaroven tato definicia uzavrela kruh a znova ma dostala ku mojej poziadavke na pocitac s pripojenim na internet.
Milleniali, Generacia Z, evolucia a the "ulozisko v oblakoch"
Jedna z nepochybnych silnych stranok ludstva je nasa schopnost prisposobit sa na prostredie. Eskymaci zijuci na severe maju viac podkozneho tuku, aby predislu podchladeniu a africania maju ciernu pokozku zvyknutu na obrovske horucavy. Posledne dve generacie zijuce v krajinach prveho a druheho sveta su denne pod tlakom explozie informacii. Noviny, filmy, podcasty, socialne siete, youtube - zovsadial sa valia cisla a fakty. Je nemozne ich vsetky spracovat a preto situaciu znova do ruk zobrala evolucia a zosilnila ochranu a filter nasho mozgu. A teraz sa jednoducho informacie dovnutra tak lahko nedostanu.
Existuje obrovske ulozisko informacii nazyvane internet a dnesna generacia vie, ze tam moze kedykolvek nakuknut a najst co potrebuje. Nosenie informacii neustale so sebou v hlave sa stalo zastarale. Zabudame a niekedy sa dokonca ani nesnazime si veci zapamatat. Ale to nie preto, lebo sme hlupi, ale preto, ze vieme kde a ako najst tieto informacie omnoho rychlejsie ako ktorakolvek generacie pred nami. Ak toto citaju aj nejaky programatori, myslim ze budu suhlasit, ze je efektivnejsie mat jednoduchy ulozeny pointer na pole, ako to dane pole samotne :)