Fast Intelligence versus Slow Intelligence

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And that's still just your arbitary definition. Again, you haven't supported your assertion that this is the "correct" definition of intelligence, nor do I see why the speed with which one manages to complete an IQ test has any bearing on their problem-solving ability.



Not comparible to "intelligence." The effects of gravity are the same no matter who is doing the measuring and will most likely behave according to observed principles. What is considered "problem solving" will vary between cultures and individuals; therefore, not much of a standard to go by. Most cultures and people cannot even agree as to what constitutes a "problem."

Gravity is an objective property of the universe. "Intelligence" is a human-invented description applied to various people based on cultural values and personal preference.



That's not what I said.

I said that you presented an arbitrary definition of "intelligence," declared that your's is the "correct" definition, and then deemed that anyone who meets the criteria for your particular version is "smarter" than anyone who doesn't.

Feel free to provide me with a reason that your definition is "correct," otherwise, it's no more "correct" than any other hypothesis of what constitutes "intelligence." If you make a claim, the onus is on you to provide the supporting evidence. So far, your argument seems to be, "This is intelligence because I say so."



No, I don't.

Last edited by XFilesGeek on 20 Mar 2011, 6:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

One thing I've noticed is that many people don't seem to consider the brain as a physical organ with physical properties.

Granted, it's a mysterious organ that scientists are still trying to figure out, but it's still beholden to the laws that govern all of our other body parts. I can't make a severed limb grow back through "practice" and sheer force of will, can I? No. So, if my brain lacks certain connections, or becomes injured, or is simply organized in a way contrary to what society values, I can't just snap my fingers and force my very physical brain into a new shape.

Anyway, as I've said before, I'm good at many things and bad at many things. Like most people. I have little inclination to tear down the mountains just to fill up the valleys, especially when my only motivation is that some people in my society don't appreciate my talents. "Society" can go pound sand.

Defeatism, and vanity. Why should other people appreciate your talents? Learn to be happy, knowing you did your best. Performing like a chimp, failing to get praise, then cursing society for your own feelings is where most people seem to go wrong here.

I do a job, for the satisfaction of a job well done. I've completed dozens of projects, 80% of which were failures, just makes the mediocre successes and single big success all the more worth it when they turned up.

If you think negative, then you're self defeating from the start. If you think positive, and you still fail, at least you're happier then you would have been.

Remember you're one person among billions, who much do you really expect to stand out anyway?

Its hardly that simple, I mean I can be as positive as I want but I still feel the same.

silly, rude, arrogant and ridiculous person.

There may be some harder problems that the faster one can never solve even given a century of time, whereas the usually slower one will still be able to solve.


Someone may have a lower crystallized intelligence (knowledge) due to absorbing information at a slowish speed, but may have a high fluid intelligence (ability to make patterns and connections).
The person who is 'fast' may be able to read and generally absorb information very quickly and therefore have a lot of knowledge, whereas someone who is seen as 'slow' may be, with much less information at their disposal, to make connections that the fast one would NEVER be able to.


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Yeah I know this is an old thread, but I randomly got here, and He annoyed me throughout the thread.