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"Smart" is one of those nebulous things, until people give it a too-narrow definition like IQ. It's important to acknowledge that there are many kinds of intell
by angst_ridden 6y ago
"Smart" is one of those nebulous things, until people give it a too-narrow definition like IQ. It's important to acknowledge that there are many kinds of intelligence, not all of which are pure logic or knowledge-gathering.
- rc_mob 6y agoI like this definition of intelligence “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”
- osobo 6y agoI couldn't disagree more.
- username90 6y agoOr to create change.
- rytill 6y agonot "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills"?
- atoav 6y agoSo a thermostat is intelligent?
- lopmotr 6y agoNo because it can't protect itself from water or run away from a lion. It's extremely limited in the range of environments it can adapt to.
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoSo is someone who is unable to move unintelligent?
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoI think it's a poor definition. I don't like change. I don't like going to new places, I like my routine. Change makes me uncomfortable and I'm slow to accept it. I like my usual meals and sleeping in my own bed. Does that make me unintelligent? Or does "change" need to be better defined?
- weaksauce 6y agoi would imagine they mean a change in information not a change in routine. updating your mental model of the world based on new incoming information.
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoThat's why I'd like the definition to be refined. There's also displays of intelligence that have nothing to do with change - being able to do complex math in your head would indicate you're intelligent, but has nothing to do with change.
- rrobukef 6y agoAdapting and liking are two different things. Adapting to change by devising ways to keep your routine needs a minimum of intelligence. Though I make no statement on any relative or absolute scale.
- humblebee 6y agoI also find that far to often people think another person is not smart because they don't measure up to themselves in the same intelligence categories. I always try to describe this as the categories intelligence being disturbed across sphere where each category is a tangential line. Due to ones own perspective, another may not actually look intelligent because they're orthogonal to ones own, and they are then perceived to be "stupid".
- heavyset_go 6y agoEmotional intelligence and EQ/EIQ [1] are commonly ignored, but are just as necessary for functioning in society and achieving success. Some people seem to be really fixated on IQ over EQ, for what I suspect are, ironically, emotional reasons. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence