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it also might be that we're using different ideas when we we're using the word intelligence
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Sure. If you define intelligence as aptitude at specific things then aptitude at other things isn't "intelligence," but that ends up being a bit circular. At the extreme it just means IQ tests test how good you are at IQ tests.
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What I've learned is that current research suggests across-the-board aptitude is related to having - from birth - a lesser ability to filter out "irrelevant" input at the unconscious level. Which makes you "smarter" in many ways but has some significant downsides.
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