[TchoBeer]

So the defining feature of intelligence is that the truly smart take actions with short term benefits at the cost of long term detriments?

[darkerside]

Close. Smart people are _willing_ to take actions with short term benefits at the cost of long term detriments.

Smart people understand that there are multiple correct answers to the same problem depending on what timeframe you are operating under, and that the long timeframe is less controllable.