I am also very curious about why people can be so smart and nevertheless work on the “wrong” thing. Perhaps reflectivity is also a source of WIS. From my perspective, very smart people who work on the “wrong” thing are simply not realizing that they can apply their big brain to figure out what to do, and perhaps this is more easy to realize when you see your brain’s functioning as a mechanical thing akin somewhat to what you learn about at the object level.
Similarly, when I try to empathize with supergeniuses that work on some pointless problem as their world is speedrunning the apocalypse, I have trouble visualizing it. I think perhaps WIS is also the ability for somewhat obvious things to occur to you at the right time, and to maintain a unified view of yourself over time.
I am also very curious about why people can be so smart and nevertheless work on the “wrong” thing. Perhaps reflectivity is also a source of WIS. From my perspective, very smart people who work on the “wrong” thing are simply not realizing that they can apply their big brain to figure out what to do, and perhaps this is more easy to realize when you see your brain’s functioning as a mechanical thing akin somewhat to what you learn about at the object level.
Similarly, when I try to empathize with supergeniuses that work on some pointless problem as their world is speedrunning the apocalypse, I have trouble visualizing it. I think perhaps WIS is also the ability for somewhat obvious things to occur to you at the right time, and to maintain a unified view of yourself over time.