Perhaps intelligence is a useful chahacteristic and desirable to some extent. However from my perspective it is way down the list.A normal IQ seems to serve most of us nicely but some traits are very important and receive little praise. Loyalty and obedience are of great value and often the rarest qualities one finds in our kind. Most employers would admit that their best people are loyal and obedient. The result of loyalty is dependability and that is something to be praised.
Another trait of importance is persistence . Of course this can cut both ways but in a positive application it is a powerful thing.
Witness bees and ants and other creatures with this driving force.
The most important I would think is a keen sense of truth. This takes some time and practise to develop, but when it reaches fruition it becomes a thing called wisdom.
We don’t value wisdom much anymore. It can be easily overwhelmed by noise, mass denial and ridicule. All manifestations easily generated in our modern communicating society. We value “smart people”. Those nimble souls with the assets to bend or deflect truth,or to twist it to their liking,
Nope. IQ isn’t really all its cracked up to be.
