Warning!

I'm going off topic for the next few posts in order to share my views on societies definition of intelligence. We talk about intelligence as if we agree upon what it means. However, we don't.

"Psychologist debate weather we should define it as an inherent cognitive capacity, an achieved level of intellectual performance, or an ascribes quality, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."-David G. Meyers

The fundamental question is whether intelligence is a general ability or several specific abilities. Robert Sternberg believes that we have multiple intelligences. He organized them into three general categories.
Analytical: found from intelligence tests
Creative: ability to generate novel ideas
Practical: "street smarts"

However, even though everyone is different and has different abilities society continues to only take into account our analytical intelligence. It would be difficult to measure other types of intelligence because of the convenience of standardized tests. If we wanted to change our way of thinking it would call for MAJOR reform. My next six post will be about my opinion on topics that deal with the different aspects of life that are based on societies definition of intelligence.