You can’t help but want to say, “He’s so smart…” Novelty: come up with something no one else has thought of Solving Power: Solve problems no one else can solve Wholeness: Locally crazy, but it makes sense in totality
I was surprised and amused by the mismatched interpretations of the word “smart”, including the new options proposed in the replies.
I chose “resolving power (of a lens)” and I will note the thought process. Since “novelty (patentability)” does not have the condition “to be useful,” I interpreted it to mean “come up with something new, whatever it is.” This is a simple task that can be accomplished by simply combining randomly selected elements, so being able to do this does not make you smart. As for “integrity,” it is a simple task that can be accomplished by first writing down the big picture, then breaking it down, and locally screwing up the inconvenient parts, which does not make you smart. The remaining “solvability” is a useful act because it is solving a problem. It would be a difficult task because it is a problem that no one else can solve. So this was the only option that could be “smart”.
The interpretation of “smart” is muddled, but perhaps the interpretation of “dumb” is similar.
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