"Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity, a quantity that cannot be augmented. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing."
Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information and to retain it as knowledge to be applied to adaptive behaviors within an environment or context.
"Ultimately, it would certainly be desirable to have an algorithm for the selection of an intelligence, such that any trained researcher could determine whether a candidates intelligence met the appropriate criteria. At present, however, it must be admitted that the selection (or rejection) of a candidates intelligence is reminiscent more of an artistic judgment than of a scientific assessment."
Intelligence"Perhaps, in spite of her brilliance, she’s too young to realize the hostility of the world toward intelligence."
Intelligence"She should be my counsellor, But not my tyrant. For the spirit needs Impulses from a deeper source than hers; And there are motions, in the mind of man, That she must look upon with awe."
Intelligence"Strength cannot keep pace with intelligence."
Intelligence"The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
Intelligence"It is amazing how oppressive is the cleverness of some people, as if it were quite a duty in you to be clever too—"
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