Sometimes in life one
has to pause and reflect.
Today was one of those
days.
I witnessed an
interaction between two people, where one was explaining a relatively simple
concept and the other clearly didn’t have a clue what the first was talking
about. The premise was not too difficult
to understand (in my opinion), yet no matter how many times it was explained,
the latter couldn’t ‘get’ it.
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Such lack of
understanding used to irritate and frustrate me no end until I paused and
reflected (many years ago) and realised a truth which few people consider – a person
is only able to understand anything, absolutely anything and particularly what another means, from
their own level of understanding (or intelligence). Thus, a person can be the most brilliant
person on earth, with the most incredible teaching skills but will not be able
to make another understand something which that person’s brain cannot process. It all boils down to what is known as the Intelligence
Quotient (IQ). There is certainly a
degree of understanding which derives from education. However, this becomes a circular equation as
a person’s learning ability goes around in a full circle to their ability to understand.
A quick search for
Intelligence Quotient produced a number of excellent papers. Wiki is the easiest to read and understand
and is the source I reference here. Please
do your own research and never, as I have so often said, believe a word anyone
says without thoroughly researching the content yourself.
Since becoming aware
of people’s IQ limitations, I am less inclined to become irritated when people
appear to be totally obtuse. I ‘get’ it. Their understanding can only extend to the
limit of their intelligence.
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