What is intelligence?

[Rami Rustom]

I think that human intelligence in a mind can be modeled as the
highest order effects of a collection of logics learned by that mind;
whether those logics are implicitly or explicitly learned.

So intelligence seems to be the sum of the logic in a mind. Each logic
can be used in other areas of the knowledge network. So the more logic
a mind learns, the more situations it can reason through; hence more
intelligent.

Creativity must be important also. It seems to increase the rate at
which intelligence can increase. The capacity for creativity seems to
be a purely innate construct. Although it can be temporarily
heightened with cannabinoids and it has the potential to be controlled
if a mind was able to manipulate a form of cognitive dissonance called
mind-body dissonance. See "Mind–Body Dissonance: Conflict Between the
Senses Expands the Mind’s Horizons" http://spp.sagepub.com/content/2/4/351.

In order to increase intelligence, the mind must learn logic.
Philosophical logic and symbolic logic. In order to do this, the mind
must be able to read and write both alphabet and numbers. But most
importantly, the mind must be able to create language as fast as it
can produce thoughts. This seems to suggest that each mind has a rate
of thinking and a rate of language creation. If the former were
greater than the latter, then much thought is retarded. If the
opposite were true, then the mind could produce thought at a rate that
of its full potential. So the rate of thinking is in one part of the
brain and the rate of language creation is in another. One must
develop both. The former is trained by practicing modeling (DD called
this metatheory). The latter is trained by reading and writing. What
is the curriculum? The classical education calls for exposure to a
very wide array of fields. I call for all fields. A little exposure to
everything (Elliot called this being a generalist).

So how are these types of logic implemented? Or rather, what is the
difference in the way they are implemented? I first employ
philosophical logic before employing symbolic logic. Philosophical
logic provides the initial high-level aim while symbolic logic
provides the zoom-in feature. Note that symbolic logic is less useful
when viewing from far away, i.e. viewing a large portion of the
knowledge network, and that philosophical logic is less useful when
viewing from very close, i.e. viewing a small portion of the knowledge
network. They must be wielded together like a sword and shield; the
sword represents symbolic logic while the shield represents
philosophical logic.

Philosophical Logic exists in a form that requires three parts of the
mind: 1> the thought engine which is responsible for thought
production, 2> the symbol recognition engine, and 3> the language
engine which is responsible for language production.

Symbolic Logic is in a form that requires only two parts of the mind:
1> the thought engine and 2> the symbol recognition engine. Therefore,
it stands to reason that Symbolic Logic is a precursor and that
Philosophical Logic would be more difficult to grasp since it requires
prior development of the language engine and the thought-language
connection.

Practicing modeling (DD calls it trying out metatheories) develops the
thought engine; Mathematics and Physics are the most rigorous of the
many ways to practice modeling. Reading and writing develops the
language engine and the thought-language connection. Everything else
is just data to be mined. With each successive trip down to the mine,
the mind's knowledge network is changed by adding new points and
vectors, moving some points, and realigning and lengthening some
vectors.

So how can one dramatically increase intelligence? Because the
universe is so complex, a mind’s knowledge network must be very large
and uniform before its points and vectors begin to converge without
the help of teachers or reading. By large I mean a large amount of 2nd
order knowledge (logics). By uniform I mean the knowledge must be
spread across all the primary fields rather than just a few. For
example, History, Philosophy, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Cognitive
Neuroscience, Sociology, Economics, Political Science, Education
Theory, Education Technology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Theology.

What do you think?