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>Posted on 7 Jun 1995 at 11:46:52 by Ronnie Bell

I wrote:
>> First, is intelligence a useful concept ?
>Most of I think would agree that it is.

Ok. Define then the exact meaning of an IQ score on some standarized
test and tell me what you can infer about the person who took the test
from his/hers testscore.

For any idea/opinion, however stupid, you can always
find a few followers/believers.  The original posting was cast as the
*theory* of a researcher and I assumed there was some supporting
evidence beyond the meaningless handwaving.


>> Second, many different types of intelligence have been suggested:
>>   cognitive, motor skills,  (I seem to rememeber the number seven
>>   as being used by some in the field).
>Then a bear that can balance on a beach ball is "smarter" than you if
>you can't do the same? How about that olfactory intelligence?
Not if the process is automated.  However, if the bear is quicker
than you in learing new motor skills when thrown into a new
previously unknown environment he sure would appear much more
intelligent. In a way you fail to provide the correct answer to
questions nature dynamically throws at you. Nature keeps track of
questions failed by gradually removing the functionality of your
physical body.  Gymnasts f.ex do well on such tests.


If you look up the dictionary this still qualifies as intelligence
but not analytic problem solving.


john

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