Rich wrote <<< Oh, but it helps! What is the 'intelligence' debate about, anyway? Starting with Spearman's g, a vital issue has been whether or not there is a single core underlying 'various abilities.' Mostly, there is not, it seems from his evidence.
I thought that his book was overly stringent in applying a set of strict criteria -- I was willing argue for a couple more than the seven he settled on, using his own evidence and discussions. >From a googled web site - "Linguistic Musical Logical-Mathematical Spatial Bodily-Kinesthetic Personal [Intra- and Inter-] Peter L. Flom, PhD Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core Center for Drug Use and HIV Research National Development and Research Institutes 71 W. 23rd St www.peterflom.com New York, NY 10010 (212) 845-4485 (voice) (917) 438-0894 (fax) >>> Well, when there isn't agreement as to the definition, it's not surprising that there isn't agreement as to whether it's one thing oir more than one. However, without any research to back me up, I think that there would be considerable But if we list people who are high in these various abilities or domains or what have you e.g. (and going for really famous people, more than the best possible exemplars) Shakespeare (lingustic) Mozart (musical) Einstein (logico-math) Frank Lloyd Wright (spatial) Michael Jordan (bodily kinesthetic) ????? (Intra personal) Bill Clinton (interpersonal I think that most people would tend to rank Einstein as 'smartest' followed perhaps by Shakespeare, Mozat, and Wright, with Clinton and Jordan bringing up the rear I think the three of these that traditional IQ tests try to measure most (logico-math, linguistic, spatial) tend to be the ones that most people think as closest to intelligence. Indeed, a popular online IQ test uses Einstein's image in its ads. If they posted any of the others, would you think they were taliking about intelligence? Peter . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
