Definitions of Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to achieve complex goals in complex environments. (1)
Human intelligence (HI) is a subset of General Intelligence (GI) which places limitations on the brain
capacity and creates an orientation of the human brain toward those processes which are required to
survive in a Darwinian environment on the planet Earth.
Kim Peek is an Autistic Savant with an eidetic (photographic) memory. Mozart also had an eidetic
memory for music and could listen to a piece of music and then play it note for note. Now considered a
genius, Mozart died a poor and broken man. Does this mean that Savants are not appreciated while
alive? Are Savants more or less intelligent than average "normal" humans?
Physicians using PDAs
(1) Goertzel, 2006
Intelligence is the ability to achieve complex goals in complex environments. (1)
Human intelligence (HI) is a subset of General Intelligence (GI) which places limitations on the brain
capacity and creates an orientation of the human brain toward those processes which are required to
survive in a Darwinian environment on the planet Earth.
Kim Peek is an Autistic Savant with an eidetic (photographic) memory. Mozart also had an eidetic
memory for music and could listen to a piece of music and then play it note for note. Now considered a
genius, Mozart died a poor and broken man. Does this mean that Savants are not appreciated while
alive? Are Savants more or less intelligent than average "normal" humans?
Physicians using PDAs
(1) Goertzel, 2006
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