Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34194151-20180107091407/@comment-25643824-20180115202905

@CombatIQmatters I agree with you in that naruto is a lot more intelligent than people give him credit for, naruto’s “dumbness” was more of a social and educational deficiency. That being said hokages in addition to being a strong ninja are also essentially the president/military heads of their respective villages/countries they would be required to at least have a certain base level of knowledge, intelligence and experience this is further confirmed by how much naruto had to study. IMO opinion Hiruzen was referring to itachi’s maturity in thinking, now that is not say that itachi could not have been hokage at a young age like for instance Gaara. But that in no way shape or form means he was more intelligent than all Kages.

@TheKillman on the contrary wisdom does not only come from experience, ever heard the term wise beyond your years. Wisdom comes from being patient, observing oneself, environment and observing others if I see someone drink a liquid that looks like water then immediately dies, then I would be wise to not drink the same liquid. Some people are born with a calm analytic disposition and are able to make wiser decisions than people a lot older and more experienced. Intelligence is the speed and ability of an individual to understand and process new data/input and then transform that raw data/input into useful information.