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diff --git a/content/entry/the-nonlinearity-of-intelligence.md b/content/entry/the-nonlinearity-of-intelligence.md index 606d830..d47fe01 100644 --- a/content/entry/the-nonlinearity-of-intelligence.md +++ b/content/entry/the-nonlinearity-of-intelligence.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The word "sports" covers a wide variety of activities. It's so broad that its us In the same way, you can talk about "intelligence" in a general sense. But when you're just talking about intelligence, it's hard to say much. So instead, to make it more interesting, you can differentiate between mathematical intelligence, social intelligence, historical intelligence, philosophical intelligence, etc. For many people, talking about intelligence in a linear or binary way doesn't accurately describe their situation. Let's look at a few case studies. ## Case Study #1: Kim Peek -[Laurence Kim Peek](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek) is the perfect example of the abstraction of general intelligence breaking down. Kim is the inspiration for the movie [Rain Man](https://libremdb.herokuapp.com/title/tt0095953/). According to Kim's father Francis, Kim learned to read before age 2. Kim read the left page with his left eye and right page with his right eye. He was able to read 1 page per second remembering nearly all of it years later. He was a human encyclopedia. +[Laurence Kim Peek](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek) is the perfect example of the abstraction of general intelligence breaking down. Kim is the inspiration for the movie [Rain Man](https://libremdb.iket.me/title/tt0095953). According to Kim's father Francis, Kim learned to read before age 2. Kim read the left page with his left eye and right page with his right eye. He was able to read 1 page per second remembering nearly all of it years later. He was a human encyclopedia. Kim also didn't learn to walk until age 4. He was diagnosed severely mentally retarded and had an 87 IQ. He couldn't button up his shirt and had great difficulty socializing and performing basic motor tasks. |