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timelycorruption:
I wouldn't say that a learning disability is the opposite of intelligence. What about savants?
rohina:
Well, except intelligence is no use except to LEARN NEW THINGS. If you are smart but can't learn, you are pretty much a fish with a bicycle.
DrNerd:
A lot of the time, savantism comes at the expense of normal functioning elsewhere in the brain. Autistic savants might be able to draw something perfectly from memory or calculate days of the week from the introduction of the current calendar system, but they have deficits in emotional understanding and communication. People who are otherwise normal-functioning, but have a gift in one area, like Beethoven or Mozart, aren't equally gifted everywhere. Often, music and mathematical ability are intertwined, but those people will probably NOT have the same skill with other things.
jolrei:
Quote from: rohina on 2009 June 14, 00:13:58
Well, except intelligence is no use except to LEARN NEW THINGS. If you are smart but can't learn, you are pretty much a fish with a bicycle.
Not bad. My son, for example, is great with spatial stuff, has skills of an artist like anything, but lacks focus in school and social skills.
The fish is good at what fishes are good at, but has trouble with bicycles, yes.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: timelycorruption on 2009 June 13, 23:30:43
I wouldn't say that a learning disability is the opposite of intelligence. What about savants?
People with learning disabilities are not intelligent. Savantism is not equivalent to intelligence at all. Intelligence is the ability to learn and adapt to arbitrary conditions. Being a savant just makes you a fleshy robotic machine, no different than a computer. A computer can perform complex mathematics faster than any meatbag. A computer can regurgitate enormous amounts of information with flawless accuracy. A computer cannot beat a 6 year old child in Civilization. Computers are stupid.
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