Sublime

‘possession’, and using tools which have the effect of making you smarter is a kind of cheating. 6 MYTH: Intelligence is an individual not a social concept. 7 MYTH: The concept of intelligence is universally valid, and not closely tied to the details and demands of one’s particular ‘habitat’. 8 MYTH: Intelligence is an intellectual function, separa

Internals outperform Externals in academic achievement situations: they tend to get superior grades, score higher on academic tests, and solve problems with greater efficiency. Internals achieve more than Externals in business as well. They make more money, are better leaders, and find ways to feel better about themselves and what they do.

Third is the meaning (or understanding) committee, often associated with the neocortex of the brain. It makes language possible and gives meaning to the word “meaning.” It enables me to talk to myself and observe myself. It integrates current awareness with memory of past experiences and with the ability to imagine future scenarios (as we did in th

Intelligence is one among many ways of being in the world: it is an interface to it; it makes the world manifest.

“Print put forward a definition of intelligence that gave priority to the objective, rational use of the mind,” he writes, “and at the same time encouraged forms of public discourse with serious, logically ordered content.”