What I mean when I think intelligence:
- knowledge accumulation
- wide knowledge
- precise knowledge
- avoiding cognitive-biases
- avoiding a whole plethora of distortions like: my-side bias, confirmation bias, availability bias
- complex pattern matching
- being able to see complex interactions between knowledge areas
- this cause a good judgment
- this is caused by logical clarity
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Conventionally I think intelligence is often mistaken with:
- good presentation
- low performance anxiety
- beautiful presentation
- large vocabulary & beautiful language
Conventionally people follow they group and a big part of intelligence assessment is about are people who confirm they believe. They also place a premium on processing speed that is. I think this is a proxy only
- processing speed
- processing information quickly
- solving problems quickly
- pulling things from memory quickly
Conventionally the following traits are devalued:
- low cognitive bias
- complex pattern matching