How do intelligent people determine truth on a given topic?

I won't claim to be intelligent, but I can offer some thoughts on how people determine the truth on a given topic. I assume you are referring to controversial topics (like terrorism and abortion and healthcare) but to explain my views properly, I'd like to offer some abstract definitions and simple examples of what I think truth is. read more

*Intelligent* people can determine truth in many different ways, some good, some bad. Intelligence doesn't necessarily entail rationality. Intelligence is a type of ability; rationality is a method of using that ability. In athletic terms, it's like the difference between raw strength or endurance and technique. read more

"Highly intelligent people" do not, as a range of individuals, believe or disbelieve anything any differently than any other ranges of individuals, though culture and context sometimes provoke certain patterns or relative ratios of belief between groups of people. read more

Here are ten things really smart people do to have a mind that can see the external for the object of beauty and enlightenment that it truly is. 1. Are Not Just Book Smart. Smart people have come to terms with the fact that there are some things that cannot be learned in seminars or by reading a book. read more