From: fudley (fuddley@fastmail.fm)
Date: Fri Jan 20 2006 - 09:59:46 MST
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 "Marc Geddes" <m_j_geddes@yahoo.com.au> said:
> this is my definition. Intelligence is the ability to
> accurately model cause and effect relations.
What about the ability to find those effects that have no causes?
Nobody is ever going to come up with a definition of intelligence that’s
worth a damn, that is can actually be used for something; but that’s OK,
definitions aren’t important, examples are.
> Aside from physical causality, there is also volitional
> (or intentional) causality
There is no fundamental difference, just a difference is the objects
under examination.
> and also mathematical (or logical) causality.
There is no fundamental difference, just a difference is the objects
under examination.
John K Clark
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