Intelligence As A Toolbox
We can think of intelligence as a flexible set of skills: a toolbox. And the most basic tools in the intelligence toolbox are:
- The ability to gather information through senses, to navigate and react to the external world in the right way.
- The ability to save information and to use it
- The ability to learn.
These tools enable creatures that appear to be stupid to act in surprisingly intelligent ways.
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