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COL Jean (John) F. B.
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SFC Dante Alanis
SFC Dante Alanis
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Nice image. I will perhaps use it on future emails as a background... LOL
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SPC Johnney Abbott
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Degrees make you intelligent , not smart
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Intelligence is a cup, and knowledge is what you put in it.

Oxford Dictionaries defines intelligence as "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills." That's a different definition than my metaphor, but they describe the same thing. In my metaphor, intelligence is analogous to a cup in the sense that it is a container, and the more that it can contain -- the greater your ability to acquire knowledge [the greater your capacity for knowledge] -- the greater your intelligence.

You are born with intelligence, but you aren't born with knowledge. We aren't all born with cups of the same size. Your cup might be enormous. Maybe it is capable of holding twice the amount of knowledge [facts and information] as the cups of your peers. How big was Einstein's cup? I have no idea, but I'm guessing Olympic-swimming pool-sized compared to mine.

Many people are equipped with 64 oz. cups, but that huge capacity doesn't benefit them, because they keep their cups only 1/2 full. In fact, you probably know at least one person who seem to keep theirs empty.
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SFC Dante Alanis
SFC Dante Alanis
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MCPO Roger Collins - You're right on it. Sometimes the problem is that inferior minds convince themselves that having a Degree and a TV show makes people smart by default, and I completely disagree with that notion, especially on today's media outlets.
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SPC Erich Guenther
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I honestly do not believe she has that big of an audience based on her presentations. I would be surprised if proven otherwise compared to others on the air in her timeslot. I think FOX does better than her. I like Gretta Van Sustern and still watch her even though she is on MS-DNC now she has her work cut out for her because all her guests and coworkers disagree with her. Packer Backers are never wrong.
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SFC Dante Alanis
SFC Dante Alanis
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She does not have a large audience, she only has a loud audience, but a couple of our RP members appear to believe that having a TV show and very expensive educational degrees automatically means intelligent. As MCPO Roger Collins posted above; "Intelligence is a cup, and knowledge is what you put in it."
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