Thread: What is Intelligence?

intelligence is the ability to do cognition and act (choose) upon it appropriately based on previous cognitions (learning)

Originally Posted by Dreams4free

To be crass, what the f**k are you talking about.

Intelligence is the individual's capacity to process information in any given situation and deduce logical explanations and/or a response to said situation.

that is intelligence.. what "things" do you think I am talking about when I say individuals. Every living organism that has the capacity to process information in any given situation and deduce logical explanations and/or a response to said situation is by the very definition an "intelligent" composition of matter, matter that must consist of hydro carbons.

how god damn specific do i need to be lol

Originally Posted by shafri

intelligence is the ability to do cognition and act (choose) upon it appropriately based on previous cognitions (learning)

So single celled organisms and computers, to some degree, are therefore intelligent.

So single celled organisms and computers, to some degree, are therefore intelligent.

yes to some degree and within their own domain. man made "info processing" devices such as computer, roomba cleaner, robot toy, if programmed correctly with intelligence, will be called "artificial intelligence", artificial means = man made. naturally born/emerging organisms, if they can act appropriately using their sensories (implicitly means "information processing"), will be called intelligent mostly for survival purposes. but "human intelligence" is something different, human can be intelligent and can be a fool at the same time. crazy people walking stray on the street is not intelligent since he cannot act something that can benefit himself, he can kill himself or do nasty things. human got extra intelligence (not sure about other organisms) that is called meta-cognitive (or cognition) which is the ability to judge himself, or question their reality or God existence which in turn capable of inventing a new thing or concept, and even deviates from the norm.