
Originally Posted by
Butchokoy
Im definitely there..yes..books are necessary dependent on how much you need them for your profession.. which is why I said as disclaimer that its just me and based on my own experience. My response was to support some idea that it is not all reading books that will get you where you want to be in terms of intellectual power. How do you define intellectual power? There are more than one ways. 1. of or relating to the intellect, as opposed to the emotions . 2. expressing or enjoying mental activity - EXPRESSING - this is where I think that Common Sense frontlines. We read..we memorize, we enumerate, fill in the blanks, but without a respectable level of Common Sense..what you read and memorize will just remain to be words that are written in books and will not apply to what works in the real world. The doctors, as your example, without such level of Common sense will not be able to analyze and diagnose more effectively if they will only rely on itemized chronologic series of words in their books.
i get your point

maybe it's just a matter of principle.
i rely on books but it does not mean i don't use common sense
for me, i improve intellectual power is by gaining information and applying it
i am referring intellectual power as mental ability
and i expound mental ability by using my brain like reading books from simple to complicated ones and IQ books
IQ right?
how do you improve your cognitive skills?
how do you improve your mental ability?
read read read
i am referring man gud to students here especially the kids
they have tests, they have exams
most test are in objective form
so how can these students pass? through common sense?
i hope you get my point