Intelligence is notoriously difficult to define, in part because of the variety of ways in which we see it manifested in the world. From humans, to mice, to ant colonies, to bacteria, to computational algorithms, we see intelligence all around us, but it’s difficult to put a finger on a single definition which covers all …
General intelligence is a remarkable adaptation. We humans are able to learn a near infinite variety of things, from language to physics to etiquette to chess. Our brains never “fill up”; in fact, increased capability in one domain often enhances our ability to learn others. It doesn’t take much for us to learn, with facts …
Consciousness is a difficult problem to grapple with, mainly due to its inherently subjective nature. We don’t yet understand the brain well enough to say much about how it does anything, let alone to describe how it gives rise to (or doesn’t give rise to) conscious experience. Due to this limitation, we’re currently reliant on …
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