Intelligence
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Intelligence
reflecting on how all my life it seemed like there was such a tremendous emphasis on the value of being cerebrally clever, and yet how all of the really wicked problems I’ve had + I’ve known people around me to have had, have come from incompetence with emotions, below the neck
Visakan Veerasamyx.com
Schools are good at teaching and measuring intelligence, so that’s what people tend to value and aspire to. But in almost any field, smarts is what gets rewarded long term.
You cannot measure empathy like you can SAT scores, so it’s not surprising that one is given more weight on resumes. But who is more likely to succeed in life – a person whose... See more
You cannot measure empathy like you can SAT scores, so it’s not surprising that one is given more weight on resumes. But who is more likely to succeed in life – a person whose... See more
AI is to humanity what an obnoxious overconfident know-it-all is to a classroom
One of the most remarkable traits of human intelligence, highlighted by the GMM, is opportunistic learning: the ability to draw a lasting rule from a very small number of experiences, sometimes just one. This stands in stark contrast to AI’s dominant approach, based on massive data repetition. For humans, a single experience, especially if... See more
as much about following the pattern as knowing when to break it
The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
O'Reilly Media • 6 highlights
amazon.com
Sometimes I’ve had this feeling like someone is so much smarter than me and therefore I have no hope of competing. But usually what is really going on is that they are just more obsessed than me. Intelligence is good, and some amount is required, but the obsession is better.
Patrick OShaughnessy • Tweet
on obsession
Some people are intelligent but don’t have a lick of smarts. Their ability to succeed in the world might surprise you on the downside.
Others lack intelligence but gush smarts. Their potential will surprise you on the upside.
On rare occasions you meet people who are both intelligent and smart. They run laps around everyone.
I’d define intelligence... See more
Others lack intelligence but gush smarts. Their potential will surprise you on the upside.
On rare occasions you meet people who are both intelligent and smart. They run laps around everyone.
I’d define intelligence... See more