What exactly defines intelligence in a person?
- Monday Nov 23,2009 12:00 PM
- By diddy
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I personally have little faith in IQ tests. I’ve seen extremely intelligent people score poorly on the SATs, and school grades mostly reflect the effort put into the class. Society seems to place more emphasis on certain skills equaling intelligence than others. For example, an adult not knowing how to correctly spell words such as "pretzel", "potato" or "sandwich" is laughed and ridiculed when this person can count cards in a poker game and win every single time, or recite pi to 100 different places and be correct. I also don’t feel a college education automatically defines intelligence either, so what exactly does define intelligence in the American society?
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In American society, intelligence is defined by a combination of demonstrated common sense, level of education, and extent of success. For instance, a 37 year old high school graduate who can recite Shakespeare from memory and do calculus yet still works at McDonald’s is decidedly less intelligent than a 23 year old dropout who can rebuild a car engine and works as a mechanic. The 37 year old is dumbfounded by the "Check Engine" light in his car while the 23 year old can make burgers.
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