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WHAT ARE INTELECT?
-edit (forgot to add the actual blog post, lol)
People often make claims about how intelligent they are, but how can this really be measured? I know people with high IQ's who appear to be less intelligent than people with lower IQ's, and such. While this just may be an anomaly, are there multiple intelligences?
When people say someone is 'smart' what does that mean? How do you define intelligence?
People don't really think about what they mean when they say someone is intelligent or smart. Is a math savant "smart"? Is a brilliant writer who has no number reasoning "smart"? Is a progamer "smart"?
 
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More importantly what does a good blog look like, I haven't seen one in awhile :o
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On January 03 2009 07:31 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
More importantly what does a good blog look like, I haven't seen one in awhile :o
Opposite of this
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On January 03 2009 07:31 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
More importantly what does a good blog look like, I haven't seen one in awhile :o
Probably a micronesia blog.
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LOL... please rewrite your question before you ask what intelligence is.
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I think you would need 100% solid scientific evidence to answer your question for you to believe it, which I don't think exists. So the logical question arises, why ask this question in the first place?
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On January 03 2009 07:39 fight_or_flight wrote:
I think you would need 100% solid scientific evidence to answer your question for you to believe it, which I don't think exists. So the logical question arises, why ask this question in the first place?
I think it's pretty ridiculous to make a blanket judgment over the fact that I believe in the scientific process. I don't reject everything not proven by science.
Because people tend not to think about words like this that mean so many different things. But I'm interested to know how people define a word like this, that has no real definition in common usage.
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I think I explained the question enough to generate discussion. Aside from giving my own opinion, any additional information would probably be superfluous.
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I would define intelligence as the ability to create order.
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Your question should read: What is intellect.
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On January 03 2009 07:50 fight_or_flight wrote:
I would define intelligence as the ability to create order.
Create order out of what?
Organization experts are therefore the most intelligent people on the planet?
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Yes it's a good question and my answer is that you definitely have to apply the word intellect to something. Emotional intelligence, spacial awareness, calculation, comedy, they are all functions of the intellect.
I think you can break intellects down into two types: processors and humans. Human intellects can't be measured, but processors can. Because it's just a matter of calculations per second.
An expert diplomat might have an extremely sharp human intellect, whereas an idiot savant might have an off the charts processor intellect. The raw, calculation, perception and verbal functions are the types of intellect that can be counted. Imagination, emotion, intuition, comicality, creativity, cannot be tested.
PS Dog am kut
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my god before asking that question please correct how you spelled INTELLECT.
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On January 03 2009 07:58 DoctorHelvetica wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2009 07:50 fight_or_flight wrote:
I would define intelligence as the ability to create order. Create order out of what? Organization experts are therefore the most intelligent people on the planet?
Order out of chaos of course. Order as in the ability to reduce entropy to extremely low levels. Technology is one such extremely ordered system. Being a great politician and getting people to work together is also a highly ordered state. Being able to anticipate anther's actions is ordered. Great poetry and literature is ordered.
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On January 03 2009 08:01 HamerD wrote:
Yes it's a good question and my answer is that you definitely have to apply the word intellect to something. Emotional intelligence, spacial awareness, calculation, comedy, they are all functions of the intellect.
I think you can break intellects down into two types: processors and humans. Human intellects can't be measured, but processors can. Because it's just a matter of calculations per second.
An expert diplomat might have an extremely sharp human intellect, whereas an idiot savant might have an off the charts processor intellect. The raw, calculation, perception and verbal functions are the types of intellect that can be counted. Imagination, emotion, intuition, comicality, creativity, cannot be tested.
PS Dog am kut
I agree, that intelligence is manifested in multiple forms. A lot of people swear by processing ability.
My Poli Sci professor says that intelligence is the ability to quickly deduce solutions to problems and nothing else. However, most Psychologists and people who study intelligence agree that intelligence is multi-faceted.
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On January 03 2009 07:46 DoctorHelvetica wrote:I think I explained the question enough to generate discussion. Aside from giving my own opinion, any additional information would probably be superfluous.
It doesn't matter what you think, since what you think is obviously wrong. Case-in-point: The majority of replies in this thread.
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