My father-in-law (no in his 80's) never got beyond 9th grade (poor family -- went to work) but ended up starting his own electronics business (self taught). He could fix anything. He could open up a video camera or stereo receiver and fix them. He wouldn't replace whole circuit boards -- he'd find the bad transistor/diode (or whatever - I really don't know much about it) and replace that. Once my stereo receiver broke and he took it and a few days later I picked it up and asked him how much -- he said well the transistor I replaced cost 2 cents --- but when he read outloud it was in a very slow stumbling way that would make you think he wasn't very bright. I really believe in the multiple intelligences thing.
Obviously yours isn't SPELLING. If our priorities are Posting on ClutchFans.net, survive life, etc., in that order, we're oK.
Raw Processing Power: - speed reader (150+ pages / min) with structured photographic memory. - abiliity to instantly comprehend complex, abstract concepts (expressed through nature, society, words, etc.), link them, and apply them at a moment's command. - ability to graphically represent, quantify, and manipulate in one's mind disparate objects, numbers, etc. - ability to recognize trends, correlation, causation, and patterns/organizing logic where others only see randomness. These gifts would what I consider true genius. But I agree with Cesar^Geronimo's post. That categorization makes a lot of sense.
I think, when you look through all the varying posts the common element among most of the forms of intelligence outlined, that intelligence involves some form of perception. Be it perceiving how words reflect on their subject, how a stereo is constructed and therefore how parts effect its operation, how the market fluctuates and where it is going, how people in their personal life should be treated, or perception of self in outlining what values are best to instruct the life they try to lead. So, I guess the most intelligent way to approach any discussion on intelligence is with the understanding (perceiving) that intelligence manifets itself in every aspect of life. But then again, like Socrates, what do I know?
The ability to learn new things quickly and easily. Anyone can accumulate knowledge over time. Tons of people are very knowledgeable in one area. To be able to pick up something new, that to mean shows intelligence. There was this pretty crappy show a while back called the Pretender. That character would be a great example of what I am talking about here.
I judge people's intelligence by their commitment to capitalism. Socialists obviously don't possess any power of critical observation.
don't underestimate the intelligence of finalbsound...i'm mean, what other girl on this board could have tamed an icon like moestavern on this bbs?
Good list but could probably be expanded to add a separate category for "Artistic" Visual intelligence ... Great painters, sculptors, other visual artists could go there. I would think this part of our intelligence would govern aesthetic appreciation and creation and usage of objects and materials to create visual effect.
Information is Not knowledge Knowledge is Not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... Frank Zappa
One of the best defiinitions of inteligence is "the ability to deal successfully with your environment". I often think of this definition when I think of how my wife's mother. She coped with no formal educatiion in either Mexico or the US, desertioh by her spouse, 6 childeren and extreme poverty. She was found by welfare living with the 6 kids in a chicken coop on a ranch in So Tx and taken to a housing project in a So Tx city. There she successfully raised all 6 kids to be college grads, LVN's etc. She learned English with the grandkids in her late 50's and no one knows how she learned how to read, but perhaps with the first grand kids in English.
haven't read the thread yet, so if it's already been said, SORRY. anywho, the correct answer is SLoPPY VULVA.
I gauge intelligence by the eagerness to learn. For me, an intelligent person always wants to broaden his/her horizons instead of sitting in a bubble and being complacent. Moreover, a truly intelligent person doesn't just learn others' ideas, but uses and interprets them to form his/her own. Nothing bothers me more than someone who thinks of him/herself as "well-read," but does nothing but spew quotations from various writings. Faux-intelligent person: "Plato/Socrates/Hobbes/Proust/Rilke said blablablabla." Me: "Um...that's great buddy; you have an excellent memory. How exactly is that quotation applicable to the current situation? I'm happy to hear Plato/Socrates/Hobbes/Proust/Rilke's thoughts on the subject, but what are your thoughts?" Faux-intelligent person: "Oh you know...Plato/Socrates/Hobbes/Proust/Rilke also said blablablabla." Me: "You smell like donkey crap. Here's a dollar...go buy yourself some deodorant at the Walmart across the street." You know what they say: The more you know, the more you realize you don't know and the more you'll want to know. That's why it's always been my contention that teenagers are the dumbest people on the planet (No offense...broad generalization here). As a kid, you know you don't know a damn thing, so you're always eager to learn. As an adult, you know plenty, but you also know there's plenty you don't know. Somewhere in between though, we've all gone through a phase where we thought we knew everything. That my friends, is the mark of true idiocy.
