Comment by maratd

8 years ago

> What does multi-dimensional even mean, in the context of intelligence?

Emotional

Logical

Intuitive

Social

Computational

Instinctive

Sexual

Experiential

and I can keep going, but you should get the point.

These are just skills. No one has proven they take some special kind of intelligence or that such intelligences exist, including oft-quoted emotional intelligence.

  • > No one has proven they take some special kind of intelligence

    This isn't true. We have overwhelming evidence that these "skills" originate in different parts of the brain in all humans and if we disable those parts, those "skills" disappear. Those parts of the brain are unique and have their own structures. There is strong evidence that they require unique "hardware" and as such, are a "special kind of intelligence".

    • No we don't. Right-left brain thinking has been completely debunked, for example. If you've got links to overwhelming evidence (studies) I would appreciate it.