Defining Intelligence is like tying to nail water. And once you are out of the technical way it is used in those very narrow areas I outlined, you aren’t dealing with a discussion of intelligence, you are dealing with a discussion about categorising people for oppression.
I mean, that's kind of guns and butter. IQ and decision-making aren't nearly as related and I have a whole rant about getting high on your own supply regardly Comey.
Making one moral decision correctly does not determine how you would make subsequent ones, and can actually make you perform worse.
I’m not here to rellitigate Comey. in popular understanding good decision making skills are considered a part/sign of intelligence. How closely related in fact is another question, but these koans, as you aptly put it, only show how fundamentally fucked discussions of IQ are, especially …
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Making one moral decision correctly does not determine how you would make subsequent ones, and can actually make you perform worse.