• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I would say that those are separate qualities: if someone had their memory erased, they could lose their knowledge and understanding without losing their intelligence or wisdom. (Intelligence isn’t unrelated, though—it’s what produces understanding from knowledge.)

    • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      Intelligence is a skill, it’s both inate, and learnable and trainable. I’m pretty sure that that skill would last after memory loss.
      However wisdom comes from experience and knowledge. Without the memory of such things you’re wisdom would suffer tremendous.