On 11/27/2014 12:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:56, meekerdb wrote:
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.
Yes, that is the basic idea. I teach also to young people. Some are intelligent, but
never get competent because they does not study, for many reason, like being more
interested in girls than in math, for example.
That's an example of wisdom over intelligence. :-)
Brent
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