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What is intelligence?

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udonoogen

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are chess-playing computers intelligent? dolphins? other animals? other AI computer programs? The computer in your "smart" rice cooker?

what makes something intelligent and what makes it not intelligent?

help me out on my linguistics hw. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: joohang
Sounds more like a philosophy question than a linguistics one.
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yeah that's what i was thinking at first, but i suppose the prof wants something to do w/ communications and stuff...
 
actually the class is Linguistics 105: Categories. it's studying how we categorize things. it's cross-listed with Cognitive Science 101 ... so you see how its sort of philosophical or whatnot
 
Intelligence is being able to wipe your ass with out getting poop on your hand.

People who pretend to be intelligent are quite often not and I recommend you not shake hands with them. 😉
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Intelligence is learning that your farts are highly flammable.
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i've always been a little wary of trying that. what if you burn your um ... orifice. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: udonoogen
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Intelligence is learning that your farts are highly flammable.
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i've always been a little wary of trying that. what if you burn your um ... orifice. 🙂
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I am flashing back to Dumb and Dumber...
 
Originally posted by: udonoogen
Originally posted by: tcsenter
Intelligence is learning that your farts are highly flammable.
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i've always been a little wary of trying that. what if you burn your um ... orifice. 🙂
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I heard stories from my dad (i.e. probably exaggerated or maybe has no basis at all) about Korean peasants who would hold "fart" contest. Apparently they competed one another by lighting their fart on fire. According to my dad, it works especially well after eating a good portion of cooked barley.

Now, to give a physics answer to the burning of the orifice, it's probably safe. There is not enough oxygen "inside" to carry on the combustion. Same concept as taking in a burning shot of sambuca, I suppose.
 
have you ever tried burning the lint off of a sock? now that's cool. doesn't involve any risk of pain ... during ... and in the weeks following. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: udonoogen
actually the class is Linguistics 105: Categories. it's studying how we categorize things. it's cross-listed with Cognitive Science 101 ... so you see how its sort of philosophical or whatnot
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That's weird.

I personally don't like categories, although I think that my brain works by categorizing things.
 
Originally posted by: udonoogen
have you ever tried burning the lint off of a sock? now that's cool. doesn't involve any risk of pain ... during ... and in the weeks following. 🙂
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For a sec I read "c" in place of "s" and almost yelled, "your what???" 😱
 
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: udonoogen
have you ever tried burning the lint off of a sock? now that's cool. doesn't involve any risk of pain ... during ... and in the weeks following. 🙂
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For a sec I read "c" in place of "s" and almost yelled, "your what???" 😱
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ROFL
 
Personally, I categorize true intelligence as a mix of aptitude and factual ability (the best way I can think of to describe it), and cognizance - having an inner voice, I suppose?

I know plenty of "smart" people, but most of them don't have a real inner monologue - they are unwilling to ponder and revise their personal convictions, etc. On the other hand, I know many people with a very active inner monologue, but who cannot recall facts, do well on aptitude tests, etc.

Of course, I can't do either. But we already know I'm a dunce. 😉 🙂
 
Intelligence is about finishing your paper early and not wasting time doing other stuff. Yeah.....

gl on paper man,

-biglaw11
 
Intelligence is being able to put "2 and 2 together" ad hoc. If you are often able to APPLY things learned on-the-fly, then you are intelligent. If you often correctly anticipate things based on facts and tendencies, then you are intelligent.
 
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