RE: What is the best theory for what intelligence is?
December 7, 2015 at 12:05 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2015 at 12:12 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I maintain that intelligence encompasses all forms of one's ability to comprehend information, and the more complex the information you are able to comprehend the more intelligent you are. Measuring that is the problem.
Like there are chess computers now that are farrrrr better than the best chess players in the world. But they're not intelligent at all. Because whilst they are competent, their competence is without comprehension. They do not understand the information that they process.
(I personally feel that when it comes to my own comprehension skills: They are above average at least when it comes to my abstract thinking skills. I could, however, be completely wrong on that matter. And what is "above average"? All I have to go by is that the vast majority of people I encounter (IRL, not on this site, there are a lot of smart people here) are like "What the fuck?" when I talk about philosophical ideas, for example, and many of those are very abstract and seem to just confuse most people. No matter how much I explain it or have someone else much better at explaining it explain it for me, or give them something to read on the matter (or a relevant Youtube link), the vast majority of people I encounter seem incapable of grasping and comprehending abstract profundities.
Although, of course, I'm biased and my own experience is subjective. And, as I said, I consider all forms of comprehension to be relevant to intelligence, not just the abstract, conceptual and philosophical kind).
Like there are chess computers now that are farrrrr better than the best chess players in the world. But they're not intelligent at all. Because whilst they are competent, their competence is without comprehension. They do not understand the information that they process.
(I personally feel that when it comes to my own comprehension skills: They are above average at least when it comes to my abstract thinking skills. I could, however, be completely wrong on that matter. And what is "above average"? All I have to go by is that the vast majority of people I encounter (IRL, not on this site, there are a lot of smart people here) are like "What the fuck?" when I talk about philosophical ideas, for example, and many of those are very abstract and seem to just confuse most people. No matter how much I explain it or have someone else much better at explaining it explain it for me, or give them something to read on the matter (or a relevant Youtube link), the vast majority of people I encounter seem incapable of grasping and comprehending abstract profundities.
Although, of course, I'm biased and my own experience is subjective. And, as I said, I consider all forms of comprehension to be relevant to intelligence, not just the abstract, conceptual and philosophical kind).
