Sure it depends on the situation and all, but this is assuming that we have two very intelligent people in a classroom. One asks many questions after being lectured, and the other knows a good many answers even before being lectured.
What signifies the brighter person?
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HardcoreRobot
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effowe
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Yes for certain things, but many times concepts and abstract ideas need to be further explained. If their line of questioning allows these things to be explained gradually, you can get a better overall grasp of the particular concept.
I voted the one that knows the information before hand, but the right sort of questioning is good for everyone to learn.
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Questions can further expand your understanding of a subject (which is the point of asking isn't it? lol), so I think the most intelligent person is the one who knows the majority of the subject matter but asks intelligent insightful questions on the topic.
Atomic Playboy
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In your example, the person answering the questions seems smarter; they prepared before coming to class, and they have a keen understanding of the material. However, that does not mean that the person who "knows it all" is always smarter than the person asking questions; an inquisitive mind is a sign of intellectual curiosity, a mark of intelligence. Someone who reads the material and understands it through rote memorization may not be as intelligent as someone who questions the vaule of the material or tries to go beyond the text given.
DrPizza
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What is the quality of the questions that are being asked?
Based on one answer, generally a decision cannot be made about one's intelligence; but based on trend of answers, one can draw their own conclusions.
I hope someone recognizes what I did.
Based on one answer, generally a decision cannot be made about one's intelligence; but based on trend of answers, one can draw their own conclusions.
I hope someone recognizes what I did.
GasX
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Asking questions either demonstrates intelligence or stupidity.
Not asking questions implies neither but could be either.
A wise man once said, better to close your mouth and be thought stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
My money is on the guy asking questions.
Not asking questions implies neither but could be either.
A wise man once said, better to close your mouth and be thought stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
My money is on the guy asking questions.
ViviTheMage
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From my experience, most people ask stupid questions. The people that answer the questions are answers everyone should already know.
Asking high quality questions. If you keep asking, "can you repeat that, I don't get it", then obviously no. In my experience, most people who don't ask questions are either shy or just don't know enough to ask questions. The smartest person in my college class asked the most questions, often correcting the professors mistakes, he got the most awards, highest marks, bla bla bla.
But therein lie the problem... you ask too much you look stupid, you answer wrong you look stupid, I learned to just STFU...
But therein lie the problem... you ask too much you look stupid, you answer wrong you look stupid, I learned to just STFU...
Depends on the quality of question and answer. There was a guy in my comp sci class many years ago who was always asking unbelievably stupid questions and providing unbelievably stupid answers when the teacher was using a socratic technique for a lecture.
Example:
Lecturer: Today we will talk about ASCII and its limitations. One of the major problems with a system like ASCII is that it can only represent so much information with one character. Some languages have many, many characters so it is nearly impossible to fit all languages into ASCII. For example, how many different characters are there in the Chinese language?
Stupid Student: 7
Another example:
Lecturer: [...] hard drive platters. So that concludes our 3 day discussion about hard drives. Any questions?
Stupid Student: Yes. What is a hard drive?
Example:
Lecturer: Today we will talk about ASCII and its limitations. One of the major problems with a system like ASCII is that it can only represent so much information with one character. Some languages have many, many characters so it is nearly impossible to fit all languages into ASCII. For example, how many different characters are there in the Chinese language?
Stupid Student: 7
Another example:
Lecturer: [...] hard drive platters. So that concludes our 3 day discussion about hard drives. Any questions?
Stupid Student: Yes. What is a hard drive?
DrPizza
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My signature used to be:
"There's no such thing as a stupid question - only inquisitive idiots"
Disappointed that no one noticed that my response above was a question and an answer to a question - I did both.
From my experience, bright people exist in many different forms. they aren't necessarily math geniuses or skilled with words. That being said, there are a lot of idiots in my class who answer questions.
when I think of "bright," I think more about a person's capacity to learn than what they've memorized.
From my experience, its the smart people that seem to always be asking the questions. They're always thinking beyond what's put in front of them and asking those crazy conceptual questions that are outside the box. Most people just learn what's given to them and end it at that.
In my experience, it is the brighter students that are always asking questions. They are always thinking beyond what they're given in class and asking all these crazy conceptual, out of the box questions. Other students just learn what they're given and leave it at that.
It depends on where the answering student came by his/her information. If they studied the class material beforehand in anticipation of being an insufferable know-it-all during class then the student asking the questions is brighter. If they have simply assimilated so much information from all sources that they can answer all questions from their own knowledge without ever touching the actual class material then the student answering the questions is brighter.
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