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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is intelligence?

(1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason

also : the skilled use of reason

(2) : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (such as tests)