Thread: Intelligence?

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Intelligence is (like so many other things) relative.

If you are in a room full of "dumb" people, anything "not dumb" that you do, can be labelled as "intelligent", however, do, or say, the same thing in a room full of geniuses, and they will likely have better, more efficient or comprehensive ways of doing or saying the same thing you did, thus rendering your "intelligence" as....not so much.

It's like asking yourself "how do I know if I'm strong or not?" I don't think there is really any objective answer. You will always be more or less intelligent than someone else, depending on the situation or subject.
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I agree with that but what I think is relevant here is how your intellect stands compared to the average person.

I somewhat agree with Lëzen but my standpoint that there are different intelligences in the brain still remains, and what you describe would fit in under the "ability to think logically" intelligence. You can be intelligent in so many things, but in modern society this is what we praise highest, since one's ability to think logically falls through just about everywhere...