So...let's pin this "wisdom" thing down once and for all. (Oh, and put a price tag on it.)

[sensaes]

University of Chicago project link: http://www.wisdomresearch.org/

(Story via: http://improbable.com/2008/01/10/the-cost-of-wisdom/)

Comments

[enigmaticae]

oh, g-d

[sensaes]

Mmm. They're taking it very seriously, though.

Look at all that money they're throwing around!

;o)

[enigmaticae]

i have a housemate into this but i live in northern california and he's into new age voododo magic hug fests

[sensaes]

Really? Well, I suppose you could always slip him a note, and warn him not to go into too big a Dansé-lwa about it...

[poldy]

seems like an unwise choice.

[sensaes]

Of?

To paraphrase:

[sevenjades]

The wisdom that can be academically defined is not real wisdom. :)

Ker-ching!

[sensaes]

Have a grant...

Re: Ker-ching!

[sevenjades]

Thank you! I shall now spend $50,000 to sit on my rear and breath, as part of my Internal Studies Analysis and Review.

Now that's what I call value for money.

[sensaes]

Although, must confess, I misread that as "rear end breath".

You probably meant "breathe".

;o)

[vlion]

They take themselves very seriously, don't they?

[sensaes]

There's probably some departmental party that got a bit overly-philosophical, and a tad out of hand lurking at the bottom of it all...

[vlion]

Several extra beers and a bad joke that someone overheard and took seriously...

[eve_prime]

Well, if you look at all the billions of dollars that get poured into researching what makes humans unhappy and what psycho-socio-biological factors are involved in bad judgment, it's kind of refreshing that someone is willing to invest a little bit into better understanding human flourishing and good judgment.

Ha, I wrote "fluorishing"...

[sensaes]

Yep.

Might as well add the interface between academia and the arms industry to the "bad judgement" list.

Oh, gosh. There goes the economy again...