Observing, seeing what is there, understanding, seeing what is behind what is there, noticing patterns, extrapolating from those patterns underlying truths and principles, tracing those patters and truths and principles back to their origins….
The stupid person does not learn even when they see and expeirience The average person may learn from what they see and experience The intelligent person learns from what they hear about, read…. - from what others see and experience
“the apperception of pattern as such”
Q: Please define intelligence.
Strangely enough, I was thinking about this today, as I can't even remember why. But I produced a definition. It's a kind of a cribbing from Whitehead. Whitehead defined understanding in the following way. He said, understanding is the apperception of pattern as such. That's all. For instance, in this room, there are many patterns where the men are, where the women are, where the over 40s are, where the under 40s are, where the wealthy and the poor are. Each of these patterns, if you can see it, tells you more about the situation. And presumably, there are an infinite number of these informative patterns. So I would define intelligence as Whitehead defined understanding. Intelligence is the apperception of pattern as such. And the more of the pattern and the more patterns that you perceive, the more intelligent you are. Of course, these patterns must actually be there. Otherwise, you're delusory. And that's a different issue. - Terrance McKenna, Taxonomy of Illusion
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
Patterns reveal the underlying structure
Intelligence is essentially pattern recognition. Learning quickly from what you see/experience.