What Is Intelligence?

“She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.”

– Jean Paul Sartre

What is intelligence?

We live in s Smart Age; one in which intelligence may well occupy the same place as was occupied by faith in Europe during the Middle Ages or by martial virtue during the great age of Rome. Programmers and engineers are indispensable in this ever-more-digital world of ours, After all, the computer was invented to help with (apologies for stepping on the toes of those who believe it was invented so they could enjoy XBoxes and texting the news about the latest television “Reality” show).

One  may very well ask if it is even worth our while at this moment in human history to worry about whether we’re smart enough to keep up with new technology rather than devise technological means to save us from our relative stupidity.  Hence our interest in AI, or artificial intelligence, Interestingly enough, AI is a different take on the very nature of intelligence in its implication that the root of same is not imprisoned within the human skull but is something that can have characteristics that are both external and objective. The question is this: is it nature or nurture? Can we increase native/inborn intelligence through molecular means, or is it defined by an interface of DNA and education that defies scientific analysis?

And it was indeed scientific analysis that was employed when it came to the examination of the brain that belonged to the smartest person who ever lived in the eyes of many – namely Albert Einstein.

“…Research show that the most fascinating fact about Einstein’s brain is its parietal lobe, where information such as visualization, taste, temperature and touch is processed. While the world-famous scientist’s unique parietal lobe could have helped him to imagine space, time and gravity in a way nobody ever had before. His well-balanced brain may well have been busy translating every piece of information into visual metaphors…”

read the rest of this article about Einstein’s brain:

http://booksandmocha.com/category/science-technology/