When you say, they say, one of your friends 'intelligent', what exactly you mean? Erudition? Education? A good memory? What are basing their own opinion? And is there any criteria of human intelligence? Let us try to understand all this.
It turns out that "eggheads" scientists believe people who have "set" of the 3 qualities:
1. Curiosity. It is this feature of the scientists considered a sign of high IQ. On this topic was conducted a number of scientific studies that have confirmed - the curiosity inherent in all people, have a high mental abilities. Even the great Albert Einstein said of himself that he was "not so much talented as interesting." Openness to new knowledge, coupled with the perception of even the "normal" things as extraordinary as well as attempts to understand in simple and complex - it is this curious behavior is peculiar (read - the curious) personalities. A consequence of this attitude - the constant striving for self-learning. But people are stupid, in contrast, are characterized by the revaluation of their mental faculties.
2. Propensity to fantasize. This quality "flows" from the previous one. Interesting people expand their horizons of knowledge and that contributes to the development of their thinking. Those who are prone to fantasies developed, as a rule, and logical thinking, and abstract. Namely logic coupled with abstract thinking, supplemented with knowledge in various fields, give rise to new fantasies about "what would happen if ...". That such an approach to everything and makes people intellectuals.
3. And forgetfulness. This seemingly contradictory quality (unless, of course, is not the result of some kind of brain disease) is also considered a sign of a man of high intelligence. Scientists have for many years studied the working mechanisms of the brain and come to certain conclusions: people who do not remember any details, quickly analyze and make decisions. They replace the information on the details on the associative and coherent design. And by the way, parts are often blind us to the main impede be more effective in mental activity. In models of artificial intelligence, for example, there is the term "regularization" denoting simplified construction schemes reflection, allows you to concentrate on the main, to optimize brain function, making it much more productive.
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