> best definition according to whom? It's what makes most sense to me. > Intelligence in the strict sense is the ability to know with conscience. Knowing with

> best definition according to whom? It's what makes most sense to me. > Intelligence in the strict sense is the ability to know with conscience. Knowing with conscience implies awareness. This one I would disagree with. > Intelligence, in a broad sense, is the ability to process information. This can be applied to plants, machines, cells, etc. It does not imply knowledge. This one starts with one part of what I consider intelligence, but besides processing it also needs to be able to use the information to solve problems. Because you could process information, which everything in the World actually does technically, but you would not be using that information to do anything. So ultimately, maybe it would be best to define it as it's the ability to take in and use information to solve some sort of problem.