On 11/26/2014 11:23 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 , Bruno Marchal <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I agree that consciousness is not intelligence.
I agree also.
> An entity can be competent, without intelligence [...] An entity can be
intelligent, without competence
I don't understand the distinction, but I do know that competence means having the
skill and knowledge to get the job done, so what's the point of "intelligence"? As far
as survival is concerned (and getting genes into the next generation is the only thing
Evolution is concerned with) Intelligence, whatever you mean by the word, would be as
useless as consciousness. So now you've doubled the number of mysteries you need to
explain, not only do you need to explain why Evolution invented consciousness you can't
even explain why it invented Intelligence.
> I insist also to distinguish intelligence from competence.
My understanding is that intelligence refers to learning ability and behavior adaptability
to novel circumstances. Competence is being able to act effectively in a given
circumstance, but not necessarily adaptable to new circumstances. If a pipe breaks a
plumber will be competent to fix it, but if his computer fails he will not be competent to
fix it and he may not be intelligent enough to learn how to fix it. So intelligence is
sort of meta-competence, i.e. competence at becoming competent in particular fields.
Brent
Then please do so. I'm all ears.
John K Clark
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