What does It Mean To Be Intelligent?
To be intelligent is to be a general problem solver. You can learn about history, learn how to dance or speak languages. The 2 meta problems you have to solve:
- The capacity to anticipate. The further you can see things unfolding into the future the more intelligent.
- The ability to zero-in on the relevant information. The further you look into the future the more options you have to consider. Recognizing the important while ignoring the rest is a sign of intelligence. We do ignore most of our sensory inputs anyway.
The more you are anticipating the harder it is to pick up on relevant information.
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