Re: A/S/L?
Posted by:
Übermensch
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Date: January 11, 2012 01:53AM
RankineCycler Wrote:
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> Übermensch Wrote:
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> > I'm personally of the belief that one does not
> > (and cannot) gain intelligence with age, which
> > would mean one's age has no bearing on
> > intelligence.
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> Intelligence may be lost with age (i.e. in time).
> Mechanisms of degradation may be acute (see: Gabby
> Giffords) and/or chronic (e.g. huffing paint).
> Consequently intelligence is a function of time.
> The brain is not the soul.
>
> Be water, my friend.
I don't know how your post escaped my notice earlier...
I would argue that intelligence remains constant, even through the scenarios you've described. But then again, I suppose this all depends upon how one defines intelligence. Is intelligence determined by efficacy, or is it determined by potential? Or is it something else entirely? Is there such thing as an 'intelligence gene'? Does intelligence develope along the same patterns as speach, or does it simply emerge when ready, much as does human sexuality? Can one's 'intelligence' be restricted to certain cognitive faculties, or must it be universally evident?