Theoretical boundaries

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120389


Alla wrote:
"Yes, to me to say that somebody does not have sufficient imagination
 to do something is very close to calling person stupid."

Del replies:
Dictionary.com gave me those ones:
Intelligence : The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge ; the
faculty of thought and reason.
Imagination : The formation of a mental image of something that is
neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.

They don't sound similar at all to me. One is about reality, this
other is about fantasy. And even within those definitions, they both
can cover a whole array of very different concepts.

So I personally don't equate those two concepts. And I don't consider
someone with little imagination to be stupid : I've known people with
tremendous intelligence and very little imagination.

Del