• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    The capacity for introspection and change is an important and valuable quality, but that’s not what intelligence means.

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      The ability to change your point of view upon receiving external information challenging that point of view is definitely a key component of intelligence. Both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have essentially said the same thing.