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  2. Clever Hans - Wikipedia

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    Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. After a formal investigation in 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reactions of his trainer.

  3. Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary defines wisdom as "Capacity of judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct; soundness of judgment in the choice of means and ends; sometimes, less strictly, sound sense, esp. in practical affairs: opp. to folly;" also "Knowledge (esp. of a high or abstruse kind); enlightenment, learning, erudition." [8]

  4. Wit - Wikipedia

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    Wit. Look up wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "The feast of reason..." — James Gillray (1797) Wit is a form of intelligent humour —the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [1] [2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee ...

  5. How to Become Smarter: 10 Ways to Boost Your Intelligence

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    use meditation apps. listen to guided meditation videos. attend a meditation class. 4. Drink coffee. Adenosine is a brain chemical that stops the release of stimulatory substances in your brain ...

  6. Ecce Homo (book) - Wikipedia

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    Nietzsche Contra Wagner. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is ( German: Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist) is the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his death in 1900. It was written in 1888 and was not published until 1908. According to one of Nietzsche's most prominent English translators, Walter ...

  7. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable. Hungarian – The two most often used expressions are majd ha piros hó esik ("when red snow falls"), and majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből ("When gypsy children are streaming from the sky").

  8. Clever - Wikipedia

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    Clever Ikisikpo, Nigerian politician; Clever Lara (born 1952), Uruguayan artist; Surname. Charles P. Clever (1830–1874), American politician; Edith Clever (born 1940), German actress; Todd Clever (born 1983), American rugby union player; Willy Clever (1905–1969), German actor and screenwriter; Other uses. Clever, Missouri, a city

  9. Sophia (wisdom) - Wikipedia

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    Sophia ( Koinē Greek: σοφία, sophía —"wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness, skill", the later meaning of the term, close to the meaning of phronesis ("wisdom, intelligence"), was significantly shaped by the term ...