I’m too retarded to know that. :D
That’s pretty hard to answer. I mean, you have stuff like IQ, intelligence and learning and application capabilities, but you also have wisdom, common sense and so forth. I know that intelligence and wisdom are not the same, but I’m guessing that both these things are highly related to how your brain functions regarding its development. Comprehension, figuring stuff out, and…I don’t know. How does all of that entail to understanding emotions? I’m going too far, or not far enough. I’m guessing it has to do with the brain though.
Then again, some peeps are awfully smart, but have no wisdom. A dumbass may, in turn, be the greatest philosopher of all. And then there’s Rainman.
Perhaps social environment and influence plays a high role as well. But that leads me to wonder, how do we recognize wisdom and intelligence anyways? Anyways, erm.
Intelligence may also be altered by several psychological disorders. Wisdom too, I guess. Also, things that kill brain cells. Huffing gas, doing certain drugs.
Being closed minded and things like that are an issue, but I think that’s only a byproduct of the cause, rather than the cause itself. If it isn’t a natural thing to begin with, which I kinda think it is. A blank page that sits, and waits, so to speak.
All that based on my belief that the brain is the key. If it isn’t, I don’t know.