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Eh, if one person takes 10 min to solve a problem that takes another person 10 hours, we would usually say the faster individual is more intelligent.
by ripper1138 2y ago
Eh, if one person takes 10 min to solve a problem that takes another person 10 hours, we would usually say the faster individual is more intelligent.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoOnly if there is only one solution.
- jrflowers 2y agoThe trick given this rule is to simply decline to solve any problems. Keep your solve time at zero and laugh at the ten minute rubes
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- antegamisou 2y agoNot necessarily. If the problem was solved more easily if one possessed some specific amount of crystallized intelligence, one could say the "tardy" person turns out to have superior fluid intelligence.
- andrelaszlo 2y agoSpeed is just one dimension of intelligence, no? Who's more intelligent, person A that would score 80% on a test given 30 minutes, and 85% given 60 minutes; or person B that would score 50% given 30 minutes, but 99% given 60 minutes? Person A might be perceived as quick, have an accurate intuition, and able to come up with a lot of ideas. Person B on the other hand is of the slow and steady kind that will methodically and tirelessly work on a problem until it's solved.
- wslh 2y agoOr person C, who knows when to rely on A's speed or B's depth.
- pitched 2y agoI think this is getting close to the idea of liquid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. The scary thing about valuing the liquid kind is that it’s the one that shrinks with age. Crystallized intelligence grows with age.
- lupire 2y agoWorking memory size, processing speed, fluid intelligence (novel problem solving / creativity), and crystallized intelligence (knowledge), are are all different components of intelligence that are pairwise not perfectly correlated. Some person A can solve problem X in 1 minute and problem Y in 1 hour, while some person B can solve both in 10 minutes, even with the same crystalized intelligence.